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Where they once focused on banking data and credit card statements, identity thieves have become increasingly focused on breaking into patient data systems, observers say. Medical records offer a Read more...

Do you know the difference between an e-medical record and an e-health record? Health IT professionals are banking on an answer of "no," which is why there now is more of a push to give more "precise Read more...

 

Implanted RFID technology may well be a standard channel for transmitting electronic medical data at some point, but that day hasn't come yet.

Right now, RFID is battling it out against smart cards, flash …

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Ideally, patients will only have RFID chips implanted in them if they're on board with the idea. However, a Florida state Senator fears that if protections aren't put into place, patients could have such chips implanted against their will. To make sure this doesn't happen, Senator Bill Posey (R) has filed a bill that would prohibit chip implantation without prior approval. The bill, which some Florida legislators consider a bit, well, paranoid, has nonetheless won approval from the state …

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Georgia's largest health insurer plans to offer its members a personalized medical record that can be accessed over the Internet. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia just unveiled "the personal health record" and said it will be available to the insurer's 3.1 million members starting in late August. Kaiser Permanente, meanwhile, is planning to roll out an electronic health record in Georgia's Gwinnett County this week. All 286,000 of Georgia's Kaiser members will be able to use it …

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