Richard Pizzi of Healthcare IT News reports: Perlegen Sciences, Inc., a company exploring the clinical application of genetic research, plans to collaborate with an undisclosed electronic medical records vendor to identify and develop genetic markers that predict how patients are likely to respond to specific medical treatments. Under the terms of the agreement, Perlegen, based…
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Social media the answer to pushing PHRs, experts say
Diana Manos writes on Health IT News: If the federal government wants to get the word out on using personal health records, it should strongly consider social media. Promoting PHRs will take a whole host of online and other technological multimedia strategies, experts told the consumer empowerment workgroup of the American Health Information Community Tuesday….
States Hand Over the DNA of Newborns to DHS (OpEd)
Marti Oakley writes: Unknown to most new parents, or those who became parents in the last ten or so years, DNA of newborns has been harvested, tested, stored and experimented with by all 50 states. And all 50 states are now routinely providing these results to the Homeland Security Department. No doubt we can all…
Wisc. agencies continue to deny ambulance records
Darryl Enriquez writes in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Some fire and police agencies continue to deny public access to ambulance reports, despite a Sept. 28 opinion from state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen that says to do so violates the state’s open records law. Those agencies continue to withhold basic public information, claiming that the…
Medical privacy puts boy at risk
Teresa Auch writes in the Post-Tribune: PORTAGE — A Crisman Elementary student’s seizure went unnoticed on a school bus partly because of confusion over health privacy laws, and now his mother wants answers. Katherine Allbritton said her son, Johnny, has epilepsy. When he started kindergarten last year, she made sure to talk with the principal…
Miscellaneous items
1. Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to sponsor a study to determine the value of personal health records, conducted by the Center for Information Technology Leadership, the research center announced. Source: Modern Healthcare Online (registration required) 2. Seen on iHealthBeat, the results of a survey asking, “Do You Believe Your Health Plan Fully…