Lucas Mearian reports: Mining electronic patient data to discover health trends and automate life-saving health alerts for patients and their doctors will be the greatest benefit of electronic medical records (EMR), but a survey released today finds a lack of standards, privacy concerns by hospitals and patients and technology limitations is holding back progress. Hundreds…
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New abortion law challenged in Oklahoma
Robert Kahn reports: Two Oklahoma women are challenging a new state law set to take effect next month that requires publication of an “Annual Abortion Report” and forces doctors to give details about their patients under threat of criminal sanctions and loss of their medical license, according to a suit in Oklahoma County Court. The…
Judge rejects challenge to Arizona abortion law
Annie Youderian reports: A federal judge in Phoenix refused to block enforcement of an Arizona law that mandates a 24-hour waiting period before abortions can be performed or before doctors can get paid for those procedures. A group of doctors and two health clinics, the Tucson Women’s Center and Family Planning Associates, sued the Arizona…
Woman sentenced for bank account theft
A woman who stole about $72,000 from the bank accounts of patients and dentists at dental offices where she worked as an office manager was sentenced today to five years and four months behind bars. The plea bargain for Emily Marie Forbes included a recommendation that she be allowed to serve her custody in a…
Suspected Identity Theft Ring Leader Arrested
It seems like we were just talking about paper breaches and ID theft. Oh yeah, we were. Here’s another case from WFTV News today: A Seminole County man was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly stealing mail and using that information to make fake I.D.s and checks. Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) agents arrested Leonard…
Dutch bank DSB denies problems after TV comments
Reuters reports: Dutch bank DSB dismissed calls from a mortgage foundation on Thursday for customers to withdraw their money and denied there was a run on the bank. “There are no mass numbers of people taking away their money,” DSB spokesman Klaas Wilting said following remarks by Pieter Lakeman, chairman of the Stichting Hypotheekleed, in…