Keith Darce of Copley News Service writes: Internet giant Google has tapped a medical software developer in San Diego to provide a key element of its test project that lets people create comprehensive medical records on the Web.SafeMed’s application sifts through vast medical databases and personal health records in the blink of an eye to…
Category: Health Data
The Real Elephant in the Room? Patient Empowerment Not Privacy
Seen on the Patient Empowerment blog: I read yet another article (this one online at FoxNews Business) where privacy concerns screamed louder than the benefits of empowering patients through the their use of personal health records. Now, I agree that privacy issues are important–of course we all want to be sure that our medical information…
Pennsylvania readies HIE
John Moore writes in Government Health IT: Pennsylvania has laid the foundation for a statewide health information exchange that will support interoperable electronic health records and e-prescribing. Gov. Edward Rendell signed an executive order March 26 establishing the governance structure for the Pennsylvania Health Information Exchange (PHIX). That structure, which will include an executive director…
National health records network to hook up with Google, Microsoft
Bob Brewin writes in Government Executive: The federal office in charge of creating a national network of electronic health records plans to integrate the system with the health care databases that Google and Microsoft launched last year, on which individuals can store their health records, a top official with the Health and Human Services Department…
NY to Develop Unified Medical Records
Michael Vertanen writes in Forbes: Gov. David Paterson announced Friday $105 million in grants to help develop a unified system of electronic medical records for New Yorkers he said would reduce errors and duplicative testing. The governor said the electronic system will not only improve care, but avoid cases like when he fainted on a…
Perlegen strikes back on privacy
Healthcare IT News has this story: Last week, patient privacy advocate Deborah Peel, MD, wrote a letter to Healthcare IT News attacking Perlegen Sciences’ plans to work with an EMR vendor to use patient data for genetics research. In a new letter, Perlegen strikes back at Peel. To the editor, Healthcare IT News: We are…