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Breach Notification: Technically Speaking November 18, 2009 9:50 AM by Cheryl McEvoy: While researching for my encryption article, " Are You Secured? " I was struck by what I would consider a loophole in the breach notification rules. According to the new regulations, when a security breach or theft occurs, the covered entity or business Read More...
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AHIMA 2009: The Health Information Bill of Rights October 6, 2009 8:41 AM by Cheryl McEvoy: At a news conference yesterday, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) unveiled its Health Information Bill of Rights, a set of seven principles designed to protect and promote patient access to personal health information. Craig Read More...
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Retail Clinic Check-up June 25, 2009 3:30 PM by Lynn Jusinski: I'm what you might call "doctor phobic." I haven't had a check up since 2001, and that was required to get into college. After high school, I moved to the Philadelphia suburbs from quiet nook upstate in a rural area lovingly referred to as the "Polish Read More...
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Company Sells Health Info to Pharma Companies March 27, 2009 9:36 AM by Lynn Jusinski: Would you share your personal health information on the Internet, including intimate information like how sexually active you are or how heavy your menstrual cycles are? Well, more than 27 million people have, according to a New York Times article on Read More...
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