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PC World April 25, 2008 Erik Larkin, PC World	Should You Trust Your Health Records to Google and Microsoft? Until we have laws guaranteeing the privacy of my digitized health information, I'll pass.
Managed Care December 2001	Survey: HMOs confused about HIPAA privacy regs Though the clock is ticking for HMOs to comply with new privacy guidelines under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, indications are that many companies are confused about what they need to do...
InternetNews October 20, 2009	Privacy Still Dogs Electronic Health Records New study highlights security shortcomings with the ways medical facilities are digitizing patients' records.
Managed Care April 2002	HHS Applies 'Common Sense' To Privacy Regs In what is being hailed -- or scorned, depending upon the source -- as a major victory for the health care industry, the Bush administration has issued proposed revisions to privacy regulations...
InternetNews June 3, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Privacy a Stumbling Block in Healthcare IT Government's push for universal electronic health records brings tech firms into thorny privacy debate.
InternetNews March 6, 2008 Susan Kuchinskas	See My Profile on MyDisease Do privacy concerns about putting personal health information online outweigh the benefits?
Salon.com December 21, 2000 Dawn MacKeen	The medical privacy debate Do Clinton's new guidelines go far enough?
Managed Care November 2001 Darren T. Binder	Determining Who Is Covered By HIPAA Privacy Regulation Because there are significant penalties associated with noncompliance with the new HIPAA, business leaders must determine whether their operations put them at risk of violating the regulations...
Inc. November 2003 Alison Stein Wellner	The Privacy Time Bomb If you provide health insurance, you're sitting on a potential privacy time bomb. Here's how to defuse it.
Nursing Management April 2010 Lisa A. Gallagher	Revisiting HIPAA The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Privacy and Security Rules have been in effect since 2002-03.
Managed Care June 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein	Health Plans, Insurers Unsure About Likely Effect of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Insurers and financial institutions are flooding customers' mailboxes about their rights to protect medical and financial information under what's better known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. But just how GLB will affect health plans isn't totally clear...
Managed Care May 2001	New Privacy Rules May Provide Boost For IT Companies For all the whining about HIPAA from providers and payers, there are reports that a growing share of them are beginning to see the value of it in long-term savings...
InternetNews December 2, 2009	Privacy Group Warns of Digital Health Records Patient Privacy Rights issues report card showing wide variations in privacy safeguards in electronic health offerings.
CIO March 15, 2006 Allan Holmes	The Profits in Privacy Contrary to popular belief, protecting the privacy of customer data and making a profit are not mutually exclusive goals. Here are several leading companies who have accomplished both and how they pulled it off.
Managed Care February 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein	HIPAA Privacy Rules Create Uncertainty, Compliance Woes When it comes to information-sharing, just when does 'no' mean 'no'? What about conflicting statutes? We have two years to sort it out...
CIO March 15, 2004 Alison Bass	Health-Care I.T As more health-care providers move toward electronic medical records that they can easily share via the Internet, the potential for abuse grows.
Information Today August 11, 2008 George H. Pike	CriminalSearches.com Offers Free Access to Criminal Records It recently has become much easier to find out whether your daughter's boyfriend or your new neighbor has a criminal record.
Managed Care November 2006 Ed Silverman	Loss of Protected Patient Information Real Danger for Health Care Plans There are plenty of ways that confidential data can escape managed care organizations, and the consequences can be major. Can you trust your employees?
CIO October 1, 2000 Martha Heller	Customer Privacy on the Web If federal regulation is so abhorrent to the Internet industry, why won't e-commerce companies do what it takes to keep the government off their backs?
Managed Care May 2002 David Humiston & Stephen M. Crane	Will Your State's Privacy Law Be Superseded by HIPAA? Careful interpretation required: Health plans operating in multiple states have a challenge sorting out where the federal law trumps state statutes
Entrepreneur March 2003 Mark Henricks	Private Business The word from HIPAA is to keep it zipped when it comes to employee health issues.
Managed Care April 2000 Mark D. Abruzzo, J.D.	Despite What You Hear, State Privacy Statutes No Threat to DM In Managed Care's November 1999 issue, Al Lewis, president of the Disease Management Association of America, wrote about potential pitfalls facing DM. One identified by Lewis was state privacy laws, a topic that merits further attention....
Managed Care August 2002 Michael S. Victoroff	Prying Eyes Push Against Boundary of Medical Privacy It seems some folks have been publishing on the Internet pictures of women visiting abortion clinics. Is this constitutionally protected journalism? Or a violation of privacy?
InternetNews February 28, 2008	Google Eyes Medical Records, Data Sharing Business Google has unveiled a plan to help U.S. patients gain control of their medical records and is working with doctors' groups, pharmacies and labs to help them securely share sensitive health data.
PC World September 2002 Andrew Brandt	Privacy Watch: Just Say 'No' to Spam -- Again Sudden changes in some Web sites' policies can open the doors to spam.
InternetNews October 12, 2010	Group Debuts Online Privacy, Security Campaign Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that works to protect kids from inappropriate media content, is launching an advocacy campaign to clamp down on online advertisers.
InternetNews March 8, 2007 Roy Mark	Gates' Washington Trip a Privacy Affair Congress should pass 'milestone' national uniform privacy standard says Microsoft chairman.
Managed Care April 2007 John Carroll	Privacy Concerns Delay Health Information Network Sufficient confidentiality needs to be assured before a nationwide health information system will be ready for implementation.
PC Magazine November 28, 2007 Dan Costa	Your Body, Online The idea of having my medical records out there freaks me out, but the truth is, they are already out there: My doctor has paper files, my insurance company has databases, and I have very little control.
Managed Care December 2002 Fox et al.	Modified HIPAA Privacy Rule Affects Research, Marketing, Security A modified rule allows the use and disclosure of "limited data sets" of personal health information for research, health care operations, or public health activities. These sets do not include direct identifiers, such as name, address, or Social Security number.
Managed Care September 2002	New Privacy Regulations Almost Certain To Be Tested The Bush administration is moving to loosen health-privacy protections by requiring that providers tell patients about their privacy rights and make only a "good-faith effort" to get a written acknowledgement of that notice.
InternetNews January 14, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Web Firms, Advocates Draw Lines in Privacy Fight With reforms to the Privacy Act looming on the congressional agenda, how will Internet companies be affected?
InternetNews December 18, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	E-Healthcare Gets Federal Mandate Department of Health and Human Services unveils best practices for ensuring patient privacy with online medical records, Medicare pushes e-prescriptions.
IndustryWeek April 1, 2003 Tonya Vinas	Ready Or Not, Here Comes HIPAA New federal health-information regulations have companies scrambling to comply.
Managed Care September 2000	Countdown Begins for Compliance With HIPAA Electronic Standards If you thought a lot of time and money was spent on Y2K readiness, you ain't seen nothin' yet. Complying with the new rules for electronic transaction standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is expected to exceed Y2K in terms of dollars and work hours...
BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 Timothy J. Mullaney	Protecting Patients' Privacy President Bush's health-tech czar has a plan to ensure that health records stored on a national network don't fall into the wrong hands.
Managed Care June 2002 T. Emmet Thornton	HIPAA Affects Docs' Response To Subpoenas for Medical Data The Health Insurance Portability and Privacy Act of 1996 will supersede state law on medical-record subpoenas in several respects.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2008 Brian Orelli	Google in Your Medicine Cabinet Does Google have what the others don't as it moves one step closer to launching its health-care website?
Bio-IT World November 19, 2004 Michael Swenson	A Sense of Security Biobanks should be especially vigilant with regards to hacking attacks.
InternetNews November 25, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Verizon Staff Fired After Peek at Obama's Calls The Verizon Wireless employees who accessed President-elect Barack Obama's records without authorization have been fired, according to news reports.
InternetNews December 2, 2003 Susan Kuchinskas	Trust Issues Loom Over E-Commerce A new survey conducted for TRUSTe shows consumer fears about privacy and information safety could hurt sales for online retailers.
CIO November 1, 2002 Ben Worthen	How to Meet Tomorrow's Privacy Rules Today When it comes to preparing for impending security regulations, health-care CIOs have some simple advice: Act now.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Health Benefits of Obama's IT Obsession Digital health records are on their way. Which companies are ready to benefit from this new technology?
Bank Systems & Technology March 5, 2010 Penny Crosman	Most Banks Lack Key Data Privacy, Security Controls A Ponemon Institute study finds that while most financial services firms take some steps toward data security, many come up short in critical areas.
CIO June 1, 2004 Susannah Patton	Privacy Is Your Business What's the payoff for CIOs becoming privacy champions? Better business, more secure IT and a higher corporate profile.
CIO November 15, 2005 Susannah Patton	Medical Records Gone with the Wind To help Hurricane Katrina victims get appropriate medical treatment, the federal government, with help from other public and private groups, has established a website where health-care workers can retrieve prescription histories and related information on evacuees.
IEEE Spectrum October 2006 Robert N. Charette	Dying for Data A comprehensive system of electronic medical records promises to save lives and cut health care costs -- but how do you build one? The many technical, social, and political issues are also formidable.
CIO February 1, 2002 Lorraine Cosgrove Ware	Invest in Privacy Policies and Keep Your Customers To maintain loyalty, it's important to consider your customers and recognize what other companies are doing to ensure their privacy...
CIO May 1, 2002 Alain Jourdier	Too Close for Comfort CRM may be a marketer's dream, but companies should still pay heed to privacy and ethical concerns...