Mark Townsend and Anushka Asthana write in The Observer: Primary school children should be eligible for the DNA database if they exhibit behaviour indicating they may become criminals in later life, according to Britain’s most senior police forensics expert. Gary Pugh, director of forensic sciences at Scotland Yard and the new DNA spokesman for the…
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Illinois clinics to install electronic patient kiosks
Richard Pizzi writes on Healthcare IT News: The Carle Clinic Association, one of the largest private physician groups in the United States, plans to implement an electronic kiosk-based patient check-in program at its 11 branches in Central Illinois. Carle Clinics will use the My Patient Passport ExpressT kiosk from Mequon, Wis. Company officials say the…
IOM Project Survey Findings on Health Research and Privacy
From the 15th National HIPAA Summit, Dr. Alan Westin‘s talk is now online for free viewing.
Health Plans Are Developing Powerful New Web-Based Personal Health Records to Allow Consumers to Manage Their Health
Bruce Goldfarb of AIS Health writes: Individualized personal health records (PHRs) — long a holy grail of medical informatics — are poised to serve a prominent role in consumer-directed health (CDH.) Several large health plans have begun providing Web-based PHRs that give consumers powerful tools to manage their health. Coming soon, consumers will be able…
Military Health System to deploy electronic dental record
Peter Buxbaum writes in Government Health IT: The Military Health System (MHS) is about to deploy a program worldwide through which doctors and dentists can share a common electronic health record. AHLTA Dental is a component of AHLTA, the military’s EHR system. It will build on the foundation created by the medical component of AHLTA….
Ex-hospital guard, two others charged in identity theft scheme
The Boston Globe reports: A former security guard at Rhode Island Hospital is accused of stealing identity information of emergency room patients and then opening cell phone accounts at a RadioShack store in Cranston. Michael Bermudez is charged with identity theft along with the store manager, Hector Alvarez, who prosecutors say participated in the scheme….