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VA Releases Findings On Deaths, Injuries From Delayed Tests

Howard Altman | TBO: The Tampa Tribune | April 7, 2014

Three veterans died and nine others were injured as the result of delays in treatment for gastrointestinal cancers in the VA’s Sunshine Healthcare Network serving Florida, southern Georgia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, according to a much-anticipated VA report released Monday. The report also laid out corrective measures being taken to prevent similar problems in the future

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When Patient Data Lands On Google

Erin McCann | Government Health IT | September 11, 2014

A Huntsville, Ala., clinical diagnostics laboratory has notified more than 7,000 individuals of a HIPAA breach after the company discovered protected health information contained on a third-party server had been unsecured for nearly three years...

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White Hat Hackers Hit 12 American Hospitals To Prove Patient Life 'Extremely Vulnerable'

Thomas Fox-Brewster | Forbes | February 23, 2016

A two-year research project into the security of 12 hospitals and a variety of medical technologies has concluded that patient health is “extremely vulnerable” to digital attacks. The report, shown to FORBES ahead of publication today, comes from Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), a San Diego-based security outfit that formed out of Johns Hopkins more than a decade ago...

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Why ONC Seeks New Authorities Over Health Data Blocking

Kyle Murphy, PhD | EHR Intelligence | March 23, 2016

Increases in EHR adoption and the growth of EHR use since the passing of the law creating the EHR Incentive Programs and defining the authorities of the Office of the National Coordinator require Congress to provide the federal agency with new powers related to health data blocking. That's what National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, told members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform during a Subcommittee on Information Technology hearing on Tuesday...

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Without A Universal Personal Identifier, Healthcare Is Awash In Social Security numbers

Mike Miliard | Healthcare IT News | October 23, 2014

The healthcare industry is swimming in Social Security numbers, thanks to the necessities of patient record management systems. But balancing those requirements with fraud mitigation and privacy protections is proving a big challenge...

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You Should Control Your Own Health Care Data

Niam Yaraghi | US News & World Report | February 16, 2016

If you have ever stayed at a hospital, visited a physician's office or filled a prescription at a U.S. pharmacy, your medical information – stripped of identifying data – is most likely collected, shared and analyzed for various medical and marketing purposes. Your data may have helped a pharmaceutical company sell more drugs, a researcher find a better treatment option for a disease or a government agency predict the next flu outbreak. This is done through a multibillion-dollar industry that feeds on your medical data and reaps millions of dollars from analyzing it, without asking your permission or sharing the resulting profits with you...

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“What Is The Value Of Health IT?”

Scott Rupp | Electronic Health Reporter | September 16, 2013

For its second year of celebrating National Health IT Week, HIMSS is asking a simple question: “What is the value of HIT?” [... Instead] of offering my lone — and probably less than expert – opinion I’ve asked a variety of folks who are probably better able to give more insightful and valuable opinions than mine. Read More »

2015 Health Privacy Summit

Event Details
Type: 
Conference
Date: 
June 3, 2015 (All day) - June 4, 2015 (All day)
Location: 
Hart Auditorium, McDonough Hall-Georgetown Law Center Washington, DC
United States

The 2015 Health Privacy Summit once again will bring together top national and international experts, as speakers and in the audience, for two days for serious debates about urgent global health privacy issues and realistic solutions. Patients, healthcare professionals, IT innovators, the media, national and international privacy experts from consumer and civil society organizations, academia, industry, and the government gather to listen and participate in vibrant discussions with world leaders and experts in privacy. The program is fast-moving, with a stimulating mix of one-on-one interviews, keynotes, and panels. It offers great networking opportunities at the meals, breaks, and the June 3rd evening Celebration of Privacy, when Patient Privacy Rights presents the Louis D. Brandeis Privacy Awards.

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