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UK: Potential security flaw in NPfIT Choose and Book, the Sun reports

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Dissent

Tony Collins writes in ComputerWeekly: The Sun has reported on a potential security breach with the “Choose and Book” system – part of the NHS’s National Programme for IT [NPfIT] – at a GP practice at Essex. The paper has an editorial piece about the potential breach under the headline “Data Dunces”. The Sun reports…

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Hospital admits error in handling I.D. theft

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Dissent

Glenn Nyback of the Staten Island Advance reports: As tens of thousands of Staten Island University Hospital patients seethe over the decision by hospital administrators to wait four months before informing them that a computer containing their personal information was stolen, SIUH’s chief executive conceded officials could have handled the situation differently. The hospital only…

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HIMSS survey on attitudes about PHR

Posted on May 9, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Two of the more interesting findings from the May 2008 HIMSS Vantage Point report [pdf]: 49% of respondents have agreed that the biggest barrier that they face to the use of a personal health record is a concern that their information will be private and secure. 92% of respondents indicated that they, the patient, should…

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Deschutes County notifies mental health clients of missing records

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Dissent

On Saturday, May 3, the Deschutes County Mental Health Department sent certified letters to 50 individuals who received services from the Department during 2005-06. The letters inform the clients that the location of their copied service documents, mailed through the U.S. Postal Service to the State, is unknown. The letter also offers assistance from Department…

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For-profit HIEs are the answer, entrepreneur says

Posted on May 9, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Danger, Will Robinson! Nancy Ferris reports in Government Health IT: Multi-stakeholder collaboratives? No way. Public-private partnerships to develop health information exchanges? Forget about it. For-profit, businesslike HIEs are the way to go in the current environment, according to a company president who says the free enterprise model can deliver results better, faster and cheaper. “Business-driven…

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Day Care Leaves Behind Personal Files

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Dissent

Catharyn Campbell reports: Some customers are worried about their personal information after a local day care went out of business and left their files behind. The bank foreclosed on the property in December, and earlier this week someone took items from the former business. “About a year ago some lady took over that nursery. It…

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