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Can 'clouds' protect patient data from security breaches?
While cloud-based electronic health records (EHRs) have received a fair amount of publicity lately, nagging questions accompany their discussion: Are cloud-based EHRs protected from security breaches
HHS: Patients should know who views their EHR
Upon request, patients would get a chance to see a detailed report of who has accessed and viewed their electronic health records (EHRs) under a proposed privacy rule released by the Department of
Privacy bill requires consent for collection of personal health info
Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R.-Ariz.) have introduced a commercial privacy bill to protect consumers against the unauthorized collection, use, and dissemination of their personal
The privacy/security tiger doesn't have any teeth
Amid the recent firestorm of debate and controversial regulation aimed at curing the nation's healthcare system, significant effort and focus have been paid to matters of availability of care and to
Laptop theft is No. 1 source of health data breaches
HHS officials last week confirmed what many people have long suspected: Laptop theft is the most common source of health data breaches affecting at least 500 people. Of the 189 breaches reported to
Data breaches costly, but hospital execs say EHRs can prevent leaks
If you think data breaches don't cost hospitals, think again. The impact of a data breach is about $1 million per hospital per year, and the lifetime value of a lost patient is $108,000, according to
Hospitals reluctant to outsource EMR work to India
Here's a little conundrum arising in the race to implement electronic medical records: Vendors want to save money and offer lower prices by outsourcing IT work to India and similar locales. But
Practice Fusion touts growth of 'free' EMR
You've no doubt heard of Practice Fusion by now. That's the San Francisco vendor that provides a free, advertising-supported EMR to a roster of physicians that the company says numbers 43,000. But
VA laptop incidents show why encryption is so important
If you think you've been hearing a lot lately about missing laptops from the Department of Veterans Affairs, it's because CIO Roger Baker since May has been holding monthly briefings on information
Vendor Practice Fusion: Consumers want fast access to their medical records
Maybe consumers are more savvy about health information than many pundits give them credit for. Of all their concerns about medical records, the most prevalent is being able to access their own
