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FTC Probes CVS
November 6, 2009 9:51 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Your friendly neighborhood drug store--OK, more like the corporate colossus that runs it--is under investigation again. CVS Caremark Corp. announced yesterday that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating the company's business practices, according Read More...
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Movies and Medical Records
November 3, 2009 12:47 PM by Lisa Algeo
(Editor's note: The following blog was written by Mark McGraw, an associate editor on staff at ADVANCE .) It's movie night, and you're not interested in subtitles or surrealism. Maybe next week you'll go for the one with the "Winner: Best Foreign Language Read More...
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On the Record
September 30, 2009 11:24 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
With all the prep for next week's American Health Information Management Association Convention and Exhibit and our HIM Team of the Year coverage (Yes, we have a winner!), I've been neglecting my Google Alerts. Well, I found some time this morning to Read More...
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HHS Releases Breach Notification Final Rule
August 20, 2009 9:41 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a final rule on breach notification requirements for covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs). Published in the Federal Register , the rule dictates proper procedure for responding Read More...
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Registry: Child's Play?
August 6, 2009 10:43 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Call me a bandwagoner, but I just started reading Julie and Julia (Quite frankly, I'm just a wannabe foodie who wanted something to breeze through after being semi-forced into reading a 500-page sci-fi book). I was poring through Julie Powell's witticisms Read More...
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Privacy Problem Causes Real-Life Drama
July 21, 2009 9:14 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
There's been quite a buzz at ADVANCE headquarters about the television phenomena "Nurse Jackie" and "HawthoRNe." Staffers wonder: is it realistic , do nurses approve of the portrayal and--at least around the HIM desk--how many HIPAA violations can they Read More...
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HIPAA be damned?
July 14, 2009 8:05 AM by Lynn Jusinski
[Editor's note: This is a guest blog by ADVANCE for Nurses editor Lyn A.E. McCafferty, who contributes to the "ADVANCE Perspective: Nurses " blog featured on the ADVANCE for Nurses Web site.] If you think the fictional Nurse Jackie and HawthoRNe are bad Read More...
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Malicious Use of PHI Lands Woman in Jail
June 11, 2009 3:02 PM by Lynn Jusinski
In a strange case of Internet harassment involving personal health information (PHI), a woman finds herself facing a year in prison for what a judge called "egregious" behavior, according to the Honolulu Advertiser. Rhonda Wong-Fernandez was sent immediately Read More...
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Suleman’s Records Accessed; 15 Employees Fired
March 31, 2009 11:18 AM by Lynn Jusinski
I had a feeling when the Octomom story hit the wire and all the details spilled out that someone would be caught sneaking a peek at her medical records. Sure enough, 15 workers were fired for looking at the records of Nadya Suleman without permission. Read More...
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A Dose of Reality
March 26, 2009 9:58 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Thanks to Obama's rah-rah health care reform, the general public is turning an ear to EHR. But what exactly are they hearing? At first mention of EHRs in the stimulus package, news outlets swooped in with the "revolutionizing health care" angle. A national Read More...
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Harsher HIPAA Might Not Hurt
February 19, 2009 12:42 PM by Cheryl McEvoy
As health care advocates and political pundits commend, tank or simply expound upon privacy provisions in the stimulus package, this morning's Google alerts remind us why HIPAA is oh-so-important in the first place. CVS Caremark Corp. has agreed to a Read More...
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No Pictures, Please!
September 24, 2008 9:22 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
This week’s top story on the Web, “ LA Confidential ,” addresses the new fascination with celebrities becoming patients. Now the lens is turning on us; patients are becoming celebrities, and they’re not exactly basking in the spotlight. With the rising Read More...
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