This week, OptumHealth announced an exclusive 3 year agreement with the Australian company Brain...
New Twist on the Risk/Benefit Balance for PHI
Any frequent visitor to this site knows that I have some strong opinions regarding privacy of...
NYT Editorial Stirs up a Hornet’s Nest
On June 24th, the New York Times had an editorial promoting the adoption of EMR. Editorial was a...
Is that a Dark Cloud on the Horizon?
The latest issue of HIStalk mentioned a recent post by noted Harvard Professor Nick Carr (he wrote...
Privacy Framework for PHRs
Early this afternoon, The Markle Foundation announced broad industry endorsement for their just...
HealthVault Developers’ Conference – Presentations Up
Microsoft held its first developers' conference last week, a sell-out affair with over 500...
CCHIT Goes After PHRs
It was only a matter of time as rumors have been swirling around for sometime now but CCHIT has...
HealthVault Signs on Kaiser
Today is the first day of the big HealthVault developers' conference Microsoft is hosting. Purpose...
Tradition Grapples with Insatiable Demand
Dan Nigrin, the CIO from Children's Hospital Boston set the tone at this morning's meeting stating...