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The ONC-Coordinated Federal Health IT Strategic Plan: 2008-2012

Posted on June 4, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Health & Human Services  Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has released its report to speed up the adoption of Health IT while addressing privacy and other concerns: Full Report (PDF) (679KB) Synopsis (PDF) (501KB)

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ACLU Urges Congress to Maximize Medical Privacy of Electronic Health Records

Posted on June 4, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

The American Civil Liberties Union urges the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health at today’s hearing to develop privacy and security standards at the same time the health care industry converts from paper to electronic patient records. The ACLU warns that without real patient controls and compensation for misused data, American medical records are…

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UK: Stolen tapes contain sensitive data on Hampshire workers

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Dissent

Simon Carr reports in the Southern Daily Echo: Confidential tapes containing the personal and medical details of thousands of staff from Hampshire firms. The tapes contained highly sensitive information including details ranging from illnesses to home addresses. Thieves targeted a security van while it was transporting the tapes between offices to be backed up. The…

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In the House of Representatives this morning

Posted on June 4, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

The Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health meets this morning at 10:00 am Eastern to discuss a draft health information technology bill proposed by Congressmen Dingel and Barton. You can watch it here (opens in new window).

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UnitedHealthcare data breach leads to ID theft at UC Irvine

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Dissent

Robert McMillan reports in ComputerWorld: A data breach at United Healthcare Services Inc. has led to a rash of identity-theft crimes at the University of California, Irvine. To date, 155 graduate and medical students at the school have been hit by the scam, in which criminals file false tax returns in the victim’s name and…

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Walter Reed admits breach of patient information

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Dissent

Officials at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are investigating how the personal information of 1,000 former patients was left unsecured on a hospital computer. Hospital officials said they were notified of the breach on May 21 by an outside company. Few details are available, but investigators say the information may have been disclosed via a…

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