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Fox News: WikiLeaks case has implications for EMR security
Is it an attempt by a partisan news organization to stir up fear of Big Brother, or are there legitimate concerns about the privacy of EMRs in the age of WikiLeaks? Probably a little bit of both.
Majority of Americans want personal control of health information
It's hard to get Americans to agree on much these days, but overwhelming majorities seem to want control over their own electronic health information. A poll from Dr. Deborah Peel's Patient Privacy
Plan for federal database of health insurance claims slammed
Is Big Brother rearing his ugly head again? Some privacy advocates think so. They're upset with the federal Office of Personnel Management, which is charged by the Patient Protection and Affordable
Pennsylvania Medicaid plans defend practices in wake of data breach
The two affiliated Pennsylvania Medicaid managed care plans that recently reported the loss of a hard drive containing records of more than 285,000 enrollees say they have been working to encrypt all
Deborah C. Peel, M.D. - Disruptive Forces in Health IT
Who: Deborah C. Peel, M.D. Current position: Founder of the Patient Privacy Rights Foundation and the Coalition for Patient Privacy; practicing psychiatrist Location: Austin, Texas Fast facts: One of
Peel pushes for 'informed consent' over every element of patient data
Depending on your point of view, Dr. Deborah Peel and her Patient Privacy Rights Foundation either continue to rail against the national push for EHRs or take further steps to hold policymakers
HHS quietly withdraws HIPAA breach-notification rule
Following a firestorm of criticism from privacy advocates who say federal officials gave too much leeway to healthcare organizations that inadvertently disclose protected health information, HHS has
HHS proposes stronger privacy protections under HIPAA
Proposed changes to the HIPAA privacy regulations would expand patients' rights to access their information and restrict certain types of disclosures of protected health information to health plans,
Battle for hearts, minds and data heats up
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the negative public perception that EMRs continue to have , then asked readers how to convince people that EMRs are indeed safe. One regular commenter suggested keeping
New privacy rules, old technology creating a lot of headaches
What's driving people craziest about the big national push to convert to EMRs? Maybe it's the technology that some people don't like. Maybe it's resistance to change. Perhaps it's the short timeline
