Posted by Admin | 1:51 PM

Try this with paper records.  This is spectacular (as in, spectacularly alarming) if true: IRS faces class action lawsuit over theft of 60 m...

Labels: electronic medical records, IRS, medical record confidentiality, medical record privacy

Posted by Admin | 6:12 AM

A Nov. 29, 2012 New York Times article by Reed Abelson entitled " Medicare Is Faulted on Shift to Electronic Records " observes th...

Labels: Center for Public Integrity, Cybernetik Über Alles, electronic medical records, Fred Schulte, healthcare IT risks, HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, New York Times, Reed Abelson

Posted by Admin | 1:11 PM

In a July 2010 post " Meaningful Use Final Rule: Have the Administration and ONC Put the Cart Before the Horse on Health IT? " an...

Labels: AHRQ, electronic medical records, faith-based informatics beliefs, health care ethics, Health IT Hazard Manager, human experimentation, human rights, informed consent, research subjects protections

Posted by Admin | 1:27 PM

There's a health IT meme that just won't die (patients may, but not the meme). It's the meme that health IT "certification...

Labels: electronic medical records, FDA, healthcare IT certification, healthcare IT regulation, healthcare IT safety, ONC, ONC ATCB, Wall Street Journal

Posted by Admin | 7:48 AM

At past posts " Don't Worry, Your Electronic Medical Records Are Getting Safer With Every Passing Day ", " Another Episod...

Labels: core incompetence, data loss, data safety, electronic medical records

Posted by Admin | 6:36 AM

The following represents some very inconvenient truths that have long been ignored. Health IT is an experimental technology. The literature...

Labels: electronic medical records, human experimentation, human rights, nuremberg code

Posted by Admin | 1:07 PM

Newt Gingrich's rise to the top of the pack of Republican contenders for the US presidency has earned him increased scrutiny.  The resul...

Labels: conflicts of interest, electronic medical records, health care prices, health policy, irrational exuberance, public relations, revolving doors, stealth health policy advocacy

Posted by Admin | 3:36 PM

Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, who I recall hearing in person as an an invited speaker at a health IT meeting some years ago (AMIA, I...

Labels: adverse effects, drug surveillance, EHR-based drug postmarketing sureveillance, electronic medical records, Merck, Newt Gingrich