Patient Privacy at Issue in Vermont’s Bid for Electronic Health Records
June 18th, 2008
When you go to a new doctor, you probably don’t pay much attention to the document you are required to read and sign that...
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EHRs must be made irresistible, but for now are clearly inadequate
May 26th, 2008
Regarding “Selling the bitter EMR pill” (AMNews, April 7): The article, in essence, asks how do we convince the recalcitrant physician to swallow the...
Doctor Resigns Over Patient Data Breach
May 25th, 2008
The well-intended gift of a used computer by a Jacksonville physician may have put the personal medical information of 1,900 patients at risk, University...
IT adviser wants docs in control of data contracts
May 22nd, 2008
An information technology consultant to physician groups has a prescription for doctors confronted by IT system vendors wanting to own, control and sell their...
Selling the bitter EMR pill (HIMSS meeting)
April 7th, 2008
A few days after the University of California Medical Center in Irvine went live with its new electronic medical record system, a letter arrived...
Practice Fusion expands, shows signs of rapid growth
December 31st, 2007
Practice Fusion, a company that provides free online electronic health records to physicians, announced last week it will partner with Physician Services, Inc. (PSI)...
Study Finds Gaps Between Doctors’ Standards and Actions
December 4th, 2007
Physicians Think They Should Report Errors and Incompetence — but Say They Often Do Not
Physicians are among the most trusted professionals in America, but...
Court: Patients can’t file federal privacy suits against doctors
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...
Ohio clarifies doctor role in patient privacy
February 13th, 2006
Doctors can defend patients’ privacy rights for them, and HIPAA doesn’t preempt a stricter state law, an Ohio appeals court decides.
Patient privilege belongs foremost...
In Article, Doctors Back Ban on Gifts From Drug Makers
January 25th, 2006
The gifts, drugs and classes that makers of pharmaceuticals and medical devices routinely give doctors undermine medical care, hurt patients and should be banned,...