April 21st, 2007
Sounding more like a defensive parent whose child was under attack than a self-described “distant bureaucrat,” Sue McAndrew had a message to deliver to...
April 16th, 2007
he Secretary of Health and Human Services has delegated to the Director of OCR the authority to issue subpoenas in investigations of alleged violations...
April 2nd, 2007
When your mom let you out of cleaning your room, your professor postponed that big exam, the office called to reschedule your colonoscopy and...
March 25th, 2007
To the Editor: Many people are unwilling to take genetic tests, knowing that afterward they might not be able to get a job or...
March 21st, 2007
A federally funded committee seeking to harmonize healthcare information technology standards received an update from its new security and privacy work group Monday. In...
March 12th, 2007
The patient sued the physician for negligence to get around a federal ruling against direct HIPAA privacy lawsuits.
A North Carolina appeals court ruling suggests...
March 12th, 2007
The patient sued the physician for negligence to get around a federal ruling against direct HIPAA privacy lawsuits.
A North Carolina appeals court ruling suggests...
February 22nd, 2007
- One of the stumbling blocks in the adoption of health information technology is patient privacy. How can patients feel protected as their personal...
December 25th, 2006
Physicians still can get sued in state court. The plaintiff attorney says that’s not enough.
The first federal appeals court decision to affirm that patients...
October 16th, 2006
Legal experts say that as long as HIPAA-covered entities play by the rules, they might be spared from prosecution for an employee’s alleged illegal...
