Crunch Two Data Sets, Call Me in the Morning

May 22nd, 2012
Patients not given discretion over data-mining of digitized health records despite serious ramifications.

PPR at Atlantic Health Care Forum

April 18th, 2012
4/19/12 PPR Founder & Chair, Deborah C. Peel, MD, is a panelist discussing: "Health Care 2015: Can Big Data Be the Cure-All?"

Re: Offense must be the new defense, RSA chief says

February 29th, 2012
ALL IT systems are or will be compromised. That includes health IT systems.

WH Initiative: Consumer Privacy Bill Of Rights

February 22nd, 2012
Plan to Protect Privacy in the Internet Age by Adopting a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights

Stanford medical records posted on public website, now removed

September 9th, 2011
The Stanford breach proves that along with health IT there must be stronger privacy protections than what is currently in place.

Stanford Hospital investigating how patient data ended up on homework help website

September 8th, 2011
The experts agree, HIPAA is inadequate. Breaches like this only prove that over and over again. It is time to do something about it.

The road to electronic health records is lined with data thieves

August 5th, 2011
The point: current data security and privacy are totally inadequate.

Re:Epsilon breach used four-month-old attack

April 13th, 2011
Epsilon, the world’s largest email service provider, did not respond to 4 month-old warnings that their systems were vulnerable to hackers trying to access...

Steady Bleed: State of HealthCare Data Breaches — Comments

September 23rd, 2010
The numbers are even higher than you can imagine, and rising.

The Case for Informed Consent

August 31st, 2010
Patient Privacy Rights releases white paper making the Case for Informed Consent with Health IT