House Health IT Bill Builds Off of Older Legislation
June 24th, 2008
Despite bipartisan consensus that the U.S. health system could benefit from health IT legislation, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle seem to be...
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Dingell, Barton To Unveil Electronic Medical Records Bill
June 24th, 2008
House Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell and ranking member Joe Barton plan to introduce legislation today aimed at accelerating the nationwide adoption of...
Reps to unveil electronic medical records bill
June 24th, 2008
House Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell and ranking member Joe Barton plan to introduce legislation on Tuesday aimed at accelerating the nationwide adoption...
Online medical records offer convenience, may limit privacy
June 12th, 2008
“The concept is wonderful, but because we have absolutely no control over personal health information in electronic form, they’re very dangerous,” Peel says. “There’s...
CCHIT Not Good Enough for Privacy, Says Founder of EHR Privacy Certification
June 12th, 2008
A stamp of approval from the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is not enough to guarantee that electronic health records can provide...
Patient Privacy Rights Recommends Changes on New Health IT Bill
June 4th, 2008
Dr. Deborah Peel, founder and chair of Patient Privacy Rights and leader of the bipartisan Coalition for Patient Privacy testifies today before the House...
Patient privacy in a digital world
June 1st, 2008
People with behavioral health problems may be particularly sensitive about having their health information shared
During the past decade, behavioral healthcare has seen the advent...
Stay Out of My EMR
May 1st, 2008
Privacy issues are dominating the airwaves as the industry begins to deal with the EMR data-mining minefield
It seems you can’t pick up a newspaper...
Privacy, shmivacy: How many people can see your medical records?
April 29th, 2008
Hospital or first-time doctor visits all start with the same clipboard. Use it to fill out sensitive personal information and scrawl a signature on...
Genetic Data Bill Lacks Privacy Protections, Advocate Warns
April 28th, 2008
Deborah Peel, founder of Patient Privacy Rights, said the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, approved last week by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions...