New HIPAA rules need more clarification

September 21st, 2010
Industry argues the rules are too strict, while we have already seen privacy enhancing technologies that can do the job.

Health IT coordinator attacks rumors that spy agencies would tap into patient information network

April 2nd, 2010
National Coordinator of Health IT claims your electronic health records will NOT go to other government or legal organizations.

Privacy concerns surface over ONC data project

March 31st, 2010
Some concern that the National Health Information Network will be a Trojan horse for Big Brother.

NHIN won’t funnel information to CIA: Blumenthal

March 30th, 2010
National Coordinator of Health IT claims your electronic health records will NOT go to other government or legal organizations.

National health records network to hook up with Google, Microsoft

March 27th, 2008
The federal office in charge of creating a national network of electronic health records plans to integrate the system with the health care databases...

NCVHS Letter to HHS

June 22nd, 2007
On June 22, 2006, the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) sent (HHS) a letter report, Privacy and Confidentiality in the Nationwide...

Health Information Privacy: What Do Doctors and Patients Want and Need?

May 1st, 2007
n the last few weeks we have had a number of reminders that management of the privacy of patient records remains a contentious and...