November 7th, 2005
Privacy advocates are battling moves in Congress to create an electronic network so physicians can obtain the medical histories of patients no matter where...
November 5th, 2005
The Utah Supreme Court on Friday moved to protect the confidentiality of rape victims’ mental health records.
Defendants now must give their accusers notice when...
November 1st, 2005
Forty-six state Attorneys General are calling on Congress to help protect consumers from identity theft by enacting national security breach and credit freeze legislation....
November 1st, 2005
In 1999, the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) released a groundbreaking study of Americans’ attitudes and behaviors concerning health privacy. The study found that nearly...
October 28th, 2005
HHS would recommend to Congress a single federal privacy standard to promote electronic medical records and e-prescribing, replacing state and federal laws, under legislation...
October 10th, 2005
IBM, the world’s largest computer maker, pledged Monday not to use genetic data to screen employees and applicants in what it said was the...
October 10th, 2005
As concerns grow that genetic information could become a modern tool of discrimination, I.B.M. plans to announce a new work force privacy policy today.
I.B.M., the...
September 14th, 2005
The federal government is making medical information on Hurricane Katrina evacuees available online to doctors, the first time private records from various pharmacies and...
March 13th, 2005
Practices which helped neighbors stay connected in this community of 1,200 and others like it across the country are largely gone — partly because...
March 8th, 2005
Howard Miller’s office is primed for privacy. The computers have plastic shields to ward off prying eyes. The patient files are coded by number,...
