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This one really strikes close to home. Caroline Parkinson reports: As the email whizzes off into the ether, dread strikes. It’s gone to the wrong person. Normally, the worst that can happen is a little embarrassment. But a medical advice body is warning that while trying to use modern technology to contact patients, doctors are…

Mary Wisniewski of Reuters has an informative report on the state of prescription databases across states.  She writes, in part: Forty-three states now have databases to keep track of who is getting prescriptions for powerful pain relievers such as oxycodone, Vicodin and Opana. Pharmacists enter prescriptions for controlled substances into the database, so prescribers can…

Craig Hoffman writes: As we reported in December 2010, after an online merchant suffered chargeback losses of almost $12,000 on nine fraudulent orders, it sued the bank that issued the nine cards that were fraudulently used alleging that the most likely cause of the fraud was a data security breach at the bank that the bank ignored….

Associated Press reports: U.S. Sen. Al Franken said Wednesday he plans to pursue legislation or federal regulations requiring encryption of all laptops containing private medical information, after presiding over a hearing on aggressive debt collection practices in several Minnesota hospitals. Read more on Washington Examiner. Why stop at laptops? What about other mobile devices? Security…

Ellyn Fortino reports: A new measure to help stop the spread of sexually transmitted diseases among incarcerated individuals and the general public may soon become law if a West Side senator has her way. State Sen. Kimberly Lightford’s (4th) plan would require the Illinois Department of Public Health and the state’s Department of Corrections to…

There’s generally more than one side to a story, and Michael Klozotsky points out that the media has contributed to what may be unfair attacks on Accretive Health. Worth a read.