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UnitedHealthcare breach leads to UC Irvine identity thefts

June 9, 2008 — 6:59am ET
After months of investigation, it looks like a data breach at health plan UnitedHealthcare Services may be behind a large-scale rash of identity theft taking place at the University of California,... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: HIT execs want data security standards; AT&T, Tennessee create health data exchange; and much more...

March 3, 2008 — 7:59am ET
> A new survey concludes that HIT execs would like to see the industry adopt a uniform way for verifying healthcare data security. Read more...

BCBS of MA plan requires hospitals to use CPOE

February 19, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Hospitals participating in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will soon be required to used computerized physician order entry under the insurer's new incentive plan. Under the health plan's... Read more...

Maryland BCBS plan invests $1.5M in EMRs

February 19, 2008 — 7:59am ET
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has invested upwards of $1.5 million in two pilot EMR initiatives, with plans to create a statewide HIE if the tests prove successful. The move follows a recent... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: NJ Blue plan sees laptop-based data loss; Democratic coalition stumps for e-prescribing; and much more...

February 4, 2008 — 7:59am ET
> New Jersey's largest health insurance plan is warning the public that personal information on about 300,000 members was lost when a laptop was stolen. Read more...

ALSO NOTED: AHIMA plans nursing home IT standards; Mass. HIE expanding; and much more...

January 7, 2008 — 7:59am ET
> AHIMA has launched a new project intended to provide a model for using EMRs and other health IT platforms in nursing homes. Read more...

Health insurers, HL7 team to create portable PHRs

December 10, 2007 — 7:59am ET
Health Level Seven (HL7), America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association agreed last week to collaborate on portability standards for PHRs. Working together... Read more...

Study: Many payers plan no new IT investments in '08

November 19, 2007 — 7:59am ET
Liking the IT options you're getting from your payer? Well, you'd better. A new study suggests that more than half of payers may not be making new investments in 2008, instead of hunkering down to... Read more...

You tell me: What's a PHR?

November 12, 2007 — 7:59am ET
OK, maybe some of you are sick of hearing me harp on this subject, but I'll ask again--what the heck is a personal health record? One view comes from America's Health Insurance Plans: "The industry... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Google Health launch set for early '08; Free EMRs for Vermont MDs; and much more...

October 22, 2007 — 6:59am ET
> Google has announced that it will launch its Google Health initiative in early 2008. Article >... Read more...
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