June 25th, 2008
We created a software tool that accurately removes all patient identifying information from various kinds of clinical data documents, including laboratory and narrative reports.
We...
June 24th, 2008
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) and ranking member Joe Barton (R-Texas) on Tuesday plan to introduce a bill that would...
May 31st, 2008
To talk about the myths surrounding HIPAA and privacy, you have to first read what HIPAA actually says about privacy. The definition of “privacy”...
May 26th, 2008
Hospitals generally are well aware of what they have to do under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to ensure the security of...
May 1st, 2008
“While authors of the recently passed Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (H.R. 493) had good intentions, the bill inadvertently legalizes the sharing of...
April 21st, 2008
Contrary to popular belief, the ‘P’ in HIPAA does not stand for ‘privacy.’ Rather, HIPAA allows millions of healthcare businesses to snoop in our...
April 18th, 2008
The HIPAA Privacy Rule and state law govern whether patients have access to psychotherapy notes. But understanding which one takes precedence and when is...
April 10th, 2008
It’s not surprising that hospital employees would be interested in the medical records of celebrities like Maria Shriver, Farrah Fawcett, Britney Spears and George...
April 10th, 2008
The state Department of Community Health said it has notified state and federal agencies that a Florida company mistakenly put the private records of...
April 9th, 2008
In response to recent data breaches, privacy advocates are calling for changes to medical privacy rules to allow patients to control who can access...
