The road to electronic health records is lined with data thieves

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

The Case for Informed Consent

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

WSJ Exposes Web Tracking Truths

August 2nd, 2010
They call it advertising. We call it *surveillance and data theft used to track and discriminate against every American in real time*. What do...

PPR on article: What ‘Patient-Centered’ Should Mean…

April 12th, 2010
It is extremely helpful that the nominee to head of one of the largest federal agencies, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), stated...

Health IT coordinator attacks rumors that spy agencies would tap into patient information network

April 2nd, 2010
National Coordinator of Health IT claims your electronic health records will NOT go to other government or legal organizations.

NHIN won’t funnel information to CIA: Blumenthal

March 30th, 2010
National Coordinator of Health IT claims your electronic health records will NOT go to other government or legal organizations.

They got it wrong… AGAIN!

December 31st, 2009
See article: ‘Meaningful Use’ criteria released Can you believe it? Doctors and hospitals that purchase electronic health records (EHRs) ‘wired’ for ‘back-door’ data...

Re-Identification. From Netflix to Health Records.

October 17th, 2009
Today’s NY Times story points out the FACT that is very easy to re-identify supposedly “de-identified” information. Singer starts with how the...

Bill O’Reilly is REALLY worried about the loss of his personal medical privacy…

July 24th, 2009
So much so that he repeatedly returned to the topic while debating health care reform last night. See Editorial with Video 68% of Americans...

On HealthDataRights.org and their Declaration

June 23rd, 2009
HealthDataRights.org supports only ACCESS to personal health data–which is a no-brainer and a right Americans have always had. The stimulus bill makes clear that...