Effectiveness of medical privacy law is questioned
April 9th, 2008
Despite 34,000 complaints of violations in the last five years, the federal act has resulted in only a few prosecutions, and no civil fines...
What could your health records reveal? Take control. Protect your privacy, liberty and opportunities.
-
FOLLOW US
Peel on Perlegen
April 1st, 2008
An EMR vendor (whose name is kept secret) profits from secret access to Americans’ health information and the patients don’t know their health information...
Electronic Health Records wired for abuse
March 29th, 2008
“Oops! They did it to Britney again.” No, it’s not a song parody, but a reflection of the poor state of American health privacy...
Citizens’ Council On Health Care Objects To CDC Giving $38.1 Million To Build “intrusive” Patient Monitoring System
March 22nd, 2008
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has just awarded $38.1 million to facilitate the sharing of private patient data with government. This is...
Patient privacy rules said to hinder studies
November 14th, 2007
A federal patient privacy rule has had a chilling effect on medical research, making it tougher to recruit patients and use their health records,...
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...
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.
With...
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...