Re: BCBS Breach in Tennessee
March 14th, 2012
OCR of HHS slapped the wrist of BCBS of Tennessee, but should have done much, much more.
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Proposed United States medical privacy rules deemed inadequate
September 22nd, 2010
An outsiders view on how the U.S. is doing in Health IT, and how PRIVACY is leading the conversation.
HHS Withdraws Controversial Breach Notification Rule under HITECH
August 4th, 2010
HHS finally heard all the demands, and retracted the final rule for more consideration.
New privacy rules, old technology creating a lot of headaches
February 12th, 2010
What’s driving people craziest about the big national push to convert to EMRs? Maybe it’s the technology that some people don’t like. Maybe it’s...
Health Care’s Digital Privacy Debate
January 25th, 2010
A new study points to distrust in government and private industry when it comes to electronic health records.
Hospital Workers Sharing Music? They May Also Be Sharing Your Medical Records
February 20th, 2009
Health care workers using Gnutella or other peer-to-peer (P2P) networks to share music and video, may be putting you at risk for medical identity...
Economic Stimulus Package Likely To Cost $850 Billion, With Up to $90B for State Medicaid Programs
January 15th, 2009
The economic stimulus package under development by President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats likely will cost almost $850 billion, including up to...
Bipartisan Coalition Sends Letter To Congress Urging Privacy Protections With Health IT
January 15th, 2009
At today’s news conference, the Coalition for Patient Privacy is releasing a letter sent to Congress advocating for the inclusion of privacy safeguards with...
Coalition wants privacy included with healthcare IT funding in stimulus package
January 15th, 2009
WASHINGTON The Coalition for Patient Privacy urged Congress Wednesday to include privacy safeguards with any funding earmarked for healthcare IT in an economic stimulus...
Report: Putting Health IT in Stimulus Would Be Catalyst for Adoption
January 12th, 2009
A panel of health industry experts urged Congress Monday to include health information technology measures in the economic stimulus package widely expected to become...