Andrew Noyes reports: The compromise stimulus deal leaves much of each chamber’s proposed funding for health information technology intact, according to an overview circulated by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday and a preliminary summary of the compromise that was subject to change. […] The package would also expand federal privacy and security protections for…
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More on p2p breaches
More on the Dartmouth study reported here recently. Angela Moscaritolo of SC Magazine adds other details: Over a two-week period, Dartmouth College researchers, in collaboration with P2P monitoring vendor Tiversa, searched file-sharing networks for key terms associated with the top ten publicly traded health care firms in the country, and discovered numerous sensitive documents –…
CA: Medical files from chiropractic office found in dumpster
Thanks to a site visitor who alerted me to this: Here’s another one for the 2009 chronology, this one involving Hegarty Chiropractic in Rancho Cordova, California. Medical records, social security numbers, total charts just dumped in a dumpster for anyone to find. And they did. The police took possession of the files and turned them…
Lobbying War Ensues Over Digital Health DataLobbying War Ensues Over Digital Health Data
Ellen Nakashima reports: The Senate and House appear headed for a clash over competing visions of how to protect the privacy of patients’ electronic medical records, with the House favoring strict protections advocated by consumer groups while the Senate is poised to endorse more limited safeguards urged by business interests. Read more in the Washington…
Your medication history is an open book to Arizona government busybodies
J.D. Tuccille reports: Have you ever taken any prescription drugs I should know about? Let me rephrase that. Have you ever taken any prescription drugs that you think are none of my business or anybody else’s, for that matter? It’s all the same, if you live in a state like Arizona, where Big Brother is…
Consumer Advocate’s View of HIT in Stimulus Bill
Josh Seidman reports: The following is a guest post from Eva Powell, MSW, CPHQ, Diretor, HIT Project, National Partnership for Women & Families. In light of all the discussion about the Economic Recovery Plan and the privacy provisions in the HIT Title, I thought it might be helpful to provide a consumer advocate’s view. The…