Eric Wicklund writes in Healthcare IT News: The EMC Corporation has announced that it will be providing the information infrastructure solution for the new national patient record archives being built by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (KELA). EMC, a global developer of information infrastructure technology with headquarters in Hopkinton, Mass. , will supply end-to-end…
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MyMedicalRecords.com Collaborates With Google on Personal Health Records
In a press release, MyMedicalRecords.com writes: MyMedicalRecords.com, Inc. (“MMR”), a leading provider of Web-based Personal Health Records (“PHRs”), announced that it will be integrating with the Google Health platform, which is expected to be launched later this year. Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, previewed Google Health at the annual conference of the Healthcare Information and Management…
Why Hospitals Want Your Credit Report
Sarah Rubenstein writes in the Wall Street Journal: In a development that consumer groups say raises privacy issues, a growing number of hospitals are mining patients’ personal financial information to figure out how likely they are to pay their bills. Some hospitals are peering into patients’ credit reports, which contain information on people’s lines of…
Illinois clinics to install electronic patient kiosks
Richard Pizzi writes on Healthcare IT News: The Carle Clinic Association, one of the largest private physician groups in the United States, plans to implement an electronic kiosk-based patient check-in program at its 11 branches in Central Illinois. Carle Clinics will use the My Patient Passport ExpressT kiosk from Mequon, Wis. Company officials say the…
HEALTH 2.0: Getting the PHR privacy and Deborah Peel issue off my chest
Seen at The Health Care Blog: I’m a card carrying member of the ACLU. I oppose the Patriot Act. And I absolutely oppose the current Administration’s decision to ignore the FISA law that already bends over backwards to help the government spy on Americans whom it suspects of criminal activity. I’m also appalled when I…
Want to Know More About PHRs?
Michael S. Gerber writes in the Washington Post: With hundreds of options, how do you choose a personal health record (PHR), assuming you’re so inclined? Here are some suggestions. For general information: The American Health Information Management Association runs myPHR.com, a Web site that provides information on personal health records. The site lists PHRs by…