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Next President Must Protect Consumer Privacy Online

Americans are increasingly living their lives online and taking advantage of all the benefits that the Internet has to offer. Consumers do things online today…

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PHR Privacy Questions Get Tougher When Criminal Justice System Involved

The Kabuki we see in the transition to electronic health records obscures two obvious and fundamental issues: The nature of the confidentiality privilege for electronic…

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Health 2.0 and the Privacy Conundrum

Now I get to sit down and listen to the discussion on privacy being led by Carol Diamond of the Markle Foundation. Advice from Philip…

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Magical Thinking in Implementing Healthcare IT

The concept of magical thinking in this context was that implementers must resist the concept where this notion that…isolated work on technology will transform our…

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Change Out at Defense

The in-coming administration inherits some of the toughest national security challenges ever. Old demons persist, but new threats have appeared that ignore the traditional dividing…

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A Privacy Framework for Personal Health Records

When I lecture about the new generation of personal health records such as Google Health and Microsoft Healthvault, I emphasize that these applications are not…

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Making “Meaningful Use” Well… Meaningful

The market for EHRs has stalled as potential buyers await the outcome of the government’s definition of “meaningful use” and “certified EHR” both critical for…

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“Meaningful Use” Focus Proposed

The initial federal definition of “meaningful use” of electronic health records should focus on improving medication management and the coordination of care. That’s the recommendation…

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EHRs, Meaningful Use Get Spotlight This Week

Hospitals and physicians looking to get a better understanding of what is meant by “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHRs)—and how they could qualify…

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Markle, groups team up to outline ‘meaningful use’

The Markle Foundation released an outline of principles for determining meaningful use in electronic health records during a forum it hosted to discuss health information…

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Markle Foundation Offers Recommendation on ‘Meaningful Use’

A new Markle Foundation report recommends that HHS initially define “meaningful use” of electronic health records as the demonstration that “the provider makes use of,…

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Blumenthal Says Government Role in Health IT Efforts Needed

At an event hosted by the Markle Foundation on Thursday, National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal said the government needs to play a role…