Putting Health IT on the Path to Success
March 13th, 2013
Health IT has a long way to go before it is effective, efficient, and trustworthy. Privacy is a key building block.
What could your health records reveal? Take control. Protect your privacy, liberty and opportunities.
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CommonWell Is a Shame and a Missed Opportunity
March 6th, 2013
Major data holders are moving to consolidate THEIR control over the collection and use of our personal health information.
Patient Privacy Rights Calls for Patient Control Over Data Exchange on the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN)
July 3rd, 2012
Patient Privacy Rights urged the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) to use this critical opportunity to address the fatal privacy...
PPR at RSI 2012 Conference in Montreal
April 18th, 2012
5/3/12 Deborah C. Peel, MD will present at the Information Security Conference on America's Health IT Systems and Data Exchanges
Baby’s death spotlights safety risks linked to computerized systems
June 27th, 2011
This is the tip of the iceberg on the many risks of electronic health records that must be addressed as billions of stimulus dollars...
Re: They’ve got an app for that
February 28th, 2011
We are glad to see privacy-enhancing technologies being demonstrated and used in the nation’s largest electronic health system: the military health system covering 9...
PPR Comments on the PCAST HIT Report
January 25th, 2011
The President's Council (PCAST) weighed in on how the Administration should approach HIT. See what PPR had to say.
Experts name top 7 trends in health information privacy for 2011
January 4th, 2011
Breaches, audits, identity theft, medical fraud, fines, new health laws, and more...
Dr. Peel Testifies before Texas Public Health Committee
May 11th, 2010
PPR founder, Dr. Deborah Peel, testifies before the Texas Public Health Committee which was discussing the implementation of HIT.
Privacy concerns remain barrier to health information exchanges
November 7th, 2007
A new report on health information exchange says state public-private health information exchange organizations are making progress in some areas, but the question of...