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NewsALSO NOTED: NJ Blue plan sees laptop-based data loss; Democratic coalition stumps for e-prescribing; and much more...
> 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...
HHS head encourages payers to demand e-prescribing
It's just a blog--but look who's blogging! In a recent post, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt has suggested that not only Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Cancer patient data from four states is stolen
Securing data with a hard drive-less laptopSo you're afraid your laptops will be stolen and patient data will fall into the hands of unscrupulous outsiders? Here's a potential solution to the problem--one so retro that it's cutting-edge. Hoping to attract shell-shocked healthcare IT managers, at least two hardware vendors have begun to sell laptops that have no hard drive, a move hearkening back to the days of dumb terminals. The intent, … Read more...Allina suffers patient data theftThousands of patient social security numbers and names went missing last week when a laptop was stolen from a nurse working for Minneapolis-based Allina Hospitals and Clinics. Under Allina's obstetrics home-care program, nurses visit homes to monitor high-risk pregnancies and check in on mothers and babies. Last week, an affiliated nurse returned from dropping off a specimen at a lab to find that her laptop was gone, complete with patient data from about 14,000 households. VA revamping IT infrastructureThe U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) has set plans to realign its IT organization over the next two years. The VA has awarded a $16 million contract to IBM to accomplish the job, which will encompass the Veteran's Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration and National Cemetery Administration. The VA already has a widely-praised health IT infrastructure in place, including the … Read more... |
