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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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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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What the Internet Says
June 17, 2008 9:24 AM by Lynn Jusinski

I've had so many things that I've wanted to post about lately. Unfortunately, time has been a bit crunched. I'm working on a few articles that I'm excited about, and I'm also trying to get a brand new Salary Survey up and running so we can bring you the Read More...

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AHIOS Comments on Pending Louisiana Acts
June 11, 2008 1:49 PM by Lynn Jusinski

We received this statement from the Association of Health Information Outsourcing Services (AHIOS) in our inboxes this morning here at ADVANCE . I've covered AHIOS before, for an article on a different release of information (ROI) law. I've linked to Read More...

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USA Today Features Article on Patient Records
April 29, 2008 10:54 AM by Lisa Algeo

The headline screams, "Across USA, Anxiety Over Access to Patient Records." It grabbed my attention, and I found it to be an interesting read. It seems that back in 2006, USA Today set up a patient safety Web site to give readers a venue to express concerns Read More...

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In the Privacy Hot Seat
April 9, 2008 12:59 PM by Lisa Algeo

I'm sure most of you have heard about the privacy breaches at UCLA Medical Center by now. You can't turn on an entertainment show or open a newspaper without being barraged by "Celebrity Patients Need Privacy Too" or "More UCLA Record Abuses Found." The Read More...

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