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FBI Hunts Extortionists Holding Health Data on Millions November 07, 2008 
Someone is trying to extort money from a company that handles drug prescription benefits for 50 million Americans in what could be one of the more damaging cases of data loss on record. The incident may raise red flags for industry hopes of putting more health care information online in an effort to control costs.
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Red Sox, Patriots, Democrats and Republicans November 05, 2008 
I have been operating in tired mode continuously since the conventions, and by the time you read this, I may have gotten some serious sleep, though I doubt it because this is Dreamforce week after all. There have been too many things competing for my attention after dinner each evening, and none of them resembles a good book or a client. In no particular order, the list includes the Red Sox, Patriots, Republicans and Democrats.
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The Mac Doctor Is In: Slick Tools for Health Pros October 27, 2008 
A doctor at a California hospital, David Sperling, knows the value of having the latest information about adverse drug reactions in a mobile application. "As a physician, your pocket space gets smaller and smaller with your pager and cell phone and all the other detritus of the profession," he told MacNewsWorld. "You don't want to add a thick pocket manual as well."
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Social Disease Networking Lets People Own Up Anonymously October 22, 2008 
In an era when people routinely deliver life-changing news via text and e-mail -- "I want a divorce," "I'm pregnant," "You're fired" -- it is perhaps inevitable that a service offering to automate and anonymize a personal, painful message is gaining traction. inSpot allows people to send free e-cards to sexual partners informing them that they have been exposed to an STD.
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The Cyber Doctor's Office: Only the Gowns Are Paper October 21, 2008 
The traditional doctor's office creates a forest of paperwork. Patient charts, records, bills: They're all par for the course in the medical world. Some doctors and clinics, however, are opting to go paperless, or at least almost paperless. Those who do realize numerous benefits, including greater efficiency, lower costs and heightened security.
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Identity Fraud, Part 1: A $45 Billion Snowball September 27, 2008 
Imagine getting a $45 billion bill without knowing exactly how you ended up with such a big tab. That's exactly the situation facing Americans struck by identity fraud. In 2007, the misuse of lost and stolen identity information cost $45 billion, an average of $5,574 per incident, according to Javelin Strategy's 2008 Identity Fraud Survey Report.
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To Your Health: The Serious Side of Social Networking August 06, 2008 
A Type 2 diabetic for more than 14 years, Sherman, N.Y.-resident John Morris thought he had everything he needed to manage and treat his disease. He was wrong. It wasn't until he became a member of the recently launched social networking Web site Diabetic Connect that he realized how essential the support of like-minded people was in dealing with diabetes.
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Intel's Health-Monitoring Tech May Face Rocky Road to Adoption July 15, 2008 
Intel has received the Food and Drug Administration's clearance to market Health Guide, an in-home device that lets healthcare providers monitor a patient's vital signs via the Internet. It also provides interactive tools such as video conferencing and e-mail to facilitate communication and education outreach.
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HealthMap Crawls the Web to Track Disease Outbreaks July 09, 2008 
A new health-mapping system crawls the Web's disparate news sources and aggregates the information it finds there into a unified view of the world's health. HealthMap was launched by a team of researchers from Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School.
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Merger Creates Mammoth Electronic Prescription Data Network July 01, 2008 
The two largest electronic prescription networks have decided to merge. By joining together their two platforms, RxHub and SureScripts maintain that both doctors and patients will benefit. Having one integrated system gives doctors more information about patients' health insurance plans as well as related medical history, Robin Cronin, a spokesperson for SureScripts told CRM Buyer.
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Industry Players Outline Rules for Online Health Records June 26, 2008 
Google and Microsoft have teamed with Intuit, WebMD and a consortium of more than 100 healthcare providers, insurers and consumer and privacy groups to develop a framework of practices governing online personal health record services. Under the leadership of the Markle Foundation, the Connecting for Health guidelines are an effort by PHR service proponents to establish a common set of principles.
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Study: RFID Tags May Scramble Hospital Equipment June 25, 2008 
A new study is raising questions over how radio frequency identification chips could be interacting with hospital equipment. The report, published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests RFID chips could cause some medical devices to fail when in close contact.
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Homing In on the Healthcare Consumer's Needs June 20, 2008 
The launch of Healthline Networks' HealthSTAT last week is one more indication that the Internet ad platform wars are far from over. To be sure, Google remains the giant to beat -- and it looks as though it's settling into its role as the long-term dominant player. However, HealthSTAT may be on the vanguard in the next significant skirmish within this multibillion dollar industry.
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Doctors Fail to Cough Up Cash for Electronic Patient Record Systems June 19, 2008 
The vast majority of doctors aren't taking advantage of electronic medical records, with many citing the cost of adoption as a significant impediment, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that also suggests the tipping point toward broader adoption may be on the horizon.
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Kaiser Jumps Onto Microsoft's Health Records Cloud June 09, 2008 
Microsoft and Kaiser Permanente announced plans for a pilot program that would exchange health information between the insurer's My Health Manager service and the HealthVault personal health records service. The partnership comes amid a push to give people greater control of and access to their medical records.
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HIPAA Revisited, Part 2: Seeking Balance May 31, 2008 
One of the common myths surrounding HIPAA is that it is not a privacy law at all, and that it weakened rather than strengthened individuals' rights to health information privacy. That's not the case at all, according to Deven McGraw, recently appointed director of the Center for Democracy & Technology's Health Privacy Project.
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