Drug database bill passes
April 10th, 2008
The Alaska House of Representatives voted 23-16 Wednesday to pass a senate bill creating a prescription drug database in Alaska despite objections that it...
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Effectiveness of medical privacy law is questioned
April 9th, 2008
Despite 34,000 complaints of violations in the last five years, the federal act has resulted in only a few prosecutions, and no civil fines...
California Hospital Faces Sanctions After Workers Wrongly Looked at Patient Records
April 8th, 2008
The private records of more than 60 patients, including the actress Farrah Fawcett and the state’s first lady, Maria Shriver, were improperly viewed by...
The Already Big Thing on the Internet: Spying on Users
April 5th, 2008
In 1993, the dawn of the Internet age, the liberating anonymity of the online world was captured in a well-known New Yorker cartoon. One...
Centers Tap Into Personal Databases: State Groups Were Formed After 9/11
April 2nd, 2008
- Intelligence centers run by states across the country have access to personal information about millions of Americans, including unlisted cellphone numbers, insurance claims,...
Patient Tsar backs tougher data theft laws
April 2nd, 2008
The chair of the Department of Health’s National Information Governance Board, and influential patient representative, Harry Cayton, has joined the Information Commissioner in calling...
Electronic Health Records wired for abuse
March 29th, 2008
“Oops! They did it to Britney again.” No, it’s not a song parody, but a reflection of the poor state of American health privacy...
Healthcare, Open Source, and Privacy
March 26th, 2008
Health IT has tremendous potential in addressing the major challenges we face in healthcare: improving patient safety and quality of care and managing costs...
Google to push privacy initiatives in U.S.
March 26th, 2008
Google is working with other companies to push consumer privacy legislation in Congress and will work with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to fine-tune...
Privacy concerns mount amid the ‘microchipping of America’: Businesses seek patents on more applications for RFID
February 11th, 2008
RFID chips are being used more and more in health care. Today the main use proposed is to track whether you receive “authentic” or...