Privacy Form Delivers Precious Little Protection to Citizens
October 30th, 2007
ou know the drill — you appear for a first visit at a doctor’s office or treatment clinic and among the routine papers for...
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Let patients decide who sees personal information
October 24th, 2007
For 30 years, a Texas psychiatrist watched her patients lose their jobs, get denied insurance or otherwise suffer because of information she was required...
Psychiatrist Among Powerful Voices in Health Care
October 23rd, 2007
The psychiatrist who founded and chairs the organization Patient Privacy Rights uses the spotlight recently shined on her to call for stricter protections for...
Strange Bedfellows on Health Privacy: ACLU & Microsoft
October 19th, 2007
What do the ACLU, Gun Owners of America, the Free Congress Foundation and Microsoft have in common? A hankering for patient privacy, it seems.
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Ask and ye shall receive: study
October 19th, 2007
Many Americans will do their part when asked to allow their heath records to be used for medical research, but the operative phrase is...
Coalition to Congress: Don’t pass health IT bill without privacy protections
October 18th, 2007
A coalition of 47 organizations that span the political spectrum today called on Congress to refrain from passing health information technology legislation unless the...
Peel leads battle to protect medical privacy
October 12th, 2007
Imagine if FedEx ripped open every package it delivered and made copies of the documents inside before delivering the package. And then imagine that...
Prying eyes: Protecting patient records
October 1st, 2007
Cases of identity theft steal headlines, but simple curiosity is the biggest culprit for security breaches inside hospitals and practices. Here’s how to prevent...
Regarding, “When Privacy Laws Do More Harm Than Good”
September 10th, 2007
Privacy forms the basis of liberty. The problem lies not with the laws but with those who fail to disclose needed information when required.
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Health Experts: E-health Records Privacy Rules Needed
July 19th, 2007
Patients currently don’t have any way to keep their personal information from being shared with third parties. The U.S. needs new medical privacy rules...