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Time to become a security advocate
Folks, please note, you're not going to open up FierceHealthIT and find that I'm arguing for hospitals to spend less time on HIPAA. While it's easy to argue the details in how it's implemented, I Read more...
NIH security breach includes data on U.S. Rep
Now this must be a little embarrassing for officials at NIH. As it turns out, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) was one of 3,000 patients involved in a cardiac MRI study whose records were possibly lost when a Read more...
New Hampshire EMR privacy rule struck down
This week, the New Hampshire House rejected a measure that would have added new privacy protections to EMRs. The bill, which was opposed by providers and hospitals, would have allowed patients to Read more...
Aetna enters PHR market with medical info option
Aetna has become the latest in a crowded field of PHR contenders, going up against everyone from Google and Microsoft to giant employer coalitions Dossia and WebMD. Aetna's model, called Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Are physician blogs compromising patient privacy?
In a recent episode of NPR's "Morning Edition," physicians got to together discuss whether candid blog entries could violate patient privacy by being traced back to individual patients Curious how Read more...
HHS plans surprise HIPAA audits
According to survey data released at HIMSS last week, 25 percent of hospitals surveyed had seen a security breach within the past year. Even worse, research firm SecureWorks has seen an 85 percent Read more...
HIMSS08: Google unveils details of PHR
So, the Google boys have marched into town with their own PHR, which they demonstrated last week for a marveling crowd at HIMSS08. At a modest booth on a side alley at the exhibition, Google was Read more...
Google begins storing medical records
After more than a year of coy hints, Google has come out and taken a ground-breaking step. Starting with somewhere between 1,500 and 10,000 Cleveland Clinic patients, all of whom will be volunteers, Read more...
Groups say IT changes must be part of national reform
A pair of lobbying groups have been pushing hard to see the U.S. Congress pass health IT legislation that establishes national technology standards, before technology vendors go further down the road Read more...
Study: States making headway on HIE privacy
Most states have made progress in establishing privacy and security standards for HIEs over the past 18 months, according to a new study. The study, which came from the Office of the National Read more...
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