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Data Stewardship
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EMRs can't fulfill potential unless patients have access to their own data
Here's the $25 billion (give or take a few billion) question: "Is HITECH working?" That's the title of a multi-part series by Vince Kuraitis, Dr. David Kibbe and Dave deBronkart, a.k.a. "e-Patient
ONC reorganizes, announces $235M for EMR 'beacon' communities
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is reorganizing in preparation for the federal EMR stimulus program and to be more of a watchdog on privacy issues. Notably,
Unresolved privacy issues continue to linger
I've thought for years that HIPAA made it clear that patients, and patients alone, own the information in their medical records, whether those records were paper or electronic. I've thought for
G-records vs. G-men
I've written my share of critical things about Google and its plans to conquer healthcare, but nothing quite like this: "Entrust my medical records to Google? I'd rather give them to Bin Laden," read
