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Lost TRICARE backup tapes could expose nearly 5M records
Medicare tests alternative to fraud-fighting smart card
September 29, 2011
Plastic surgeon allegedly posted nude photos, names of clients
Health 2.0: ONC Pledges to Make Patients Meaningful Users, Too
September 27, 2011
CHIME rejects MU metadata standards
Bipartisan group talks Medicare smartcards
HIPAA Summit West: 1 in 4 Organizations Report Data Breaches
Health 2.0: Do e-Health Tools Need Peer Review?
September 26, 2011
Designing a smarter patient
Opinion: Healthcare industry: Heal thyself
September 23, 2011
Blumenthal: Electronic health records, despite flaws, make doctors better
September 22, 2011
Health industry lacks patient data safeguards: poll
E-prescribing threshold too low to reduce deaths: RAND
MA family sues hospital, nurse after patient death linked to ’alarm fatigue’
September 21, 2011
Data breaches affect 2M in MA
September 20, 2011
HIPAA pain: How to cope
Getting lab results directly to patients
September 19, 2011
Journalism groups defy Obama administration, publish doctor database
Clinic says ND Blues violate HIPAA law
NJ hospital to install expansive solar panel system
September 16, 2011
Journalism groups object to removal of doctor database
Health Affairs: Real benefit will come later for meaningful use, CPOE
EHR incentive program ramps up to 90K providers
Walked into a lamppost? Hurt while crocheting? Help is on the way
September 14, 2011
Telemonitoring saves money when combined with traditional care
Mass. doctors oppose HIV privacy bill
CIED-Related Infections, Costs Rising
September 13, 2011
IBM's Watson supercomputer to diagnose patients
America's Next Top HIE Model...
Proposed CLIA Rules Amendment Skirts Doctors
September 12, 2011
WellPoint, IBM tie up for medical-data technology
Patient data posted online in major breach of privacy
Left to their own devices
September 9, 2011
Patient data posted online in major breach of privacy
HHS: More than 5.4M patients affected by data breaches in 2010
Clinical decision support closes medical evidence gap
Hospital tests new patient sensor system
September 8, 2011
ONC launches project to query EHRs for population health data
September 7, 2011
Jury still out on HIT workforce training programs
Hurricane Irene sparks talk of HIT disaster strategy
NYC program shows EHRs can boost preventive care
The 5 traits of a usable EMR
September 6, 2011
EHRs Beat Paper in Head-to-Head Competition
September 2, 2011
SC to reject federal HIX funds
iPods, Androids could be cancer-detection tools
Final CMS e-Prescribing Rule Eases Requirements
September 1, 2011
Florida's prescription-drug database launches
HIMSS discourages proposal to report patient-level data