Keyword: patientprivacy

How Electronic Medical Records Exploded In Doctors’ Faces And Politicians Got Off Scot-Free

06/10/2017 12:36:42 PM PDT · by Lorianne · 58 replies
Federalist, the ^ | 07 June 2017 | Greg Scandlen

<p>More than a decade ago the media were excited that Hillary Clinton and Newt Gingrich had formed an alliance about reforming health care. In 2005 Dana Milbank wrote in gushing terms in the Washington Post about a joint appearance.</p> <p>Of course, they were not alone. President Bush had already embraced the idea in his State of the Union speech to Congress. He envisioned a new era of “improved information technology to prevent medical error and needless costs.”</p>
New Poll: Doctors Lie To Protect Patient Privacy

09/12/2016 9:58:26 AM PDT · by doug from upland · 8 replies
AAPS ^ | orig 2001

Physicians Almost Unanimous in Opposition to HIPAA 'Privacy' Rules New federal "privacy" rules could actually do more harm to patients than just compromising privacy, according to a national physician organization. A mailed survey of 344 physicians conducted by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) shows almost unanimous opposition to the HHS privacy rules, scheduled for full implementation in 2003. A whopping 96 percent thought the rules would further compromise patient privacy. Some of the other questions provide further clues about the practical effects of the rules. The poll results were disclosed at a news conference today in Washington,...
Obamacare's Patient-Dumping, Privacy-Meddling Scheme

05/15/2012 10:16:54 PM PDT · by smoothsailing · 3 replies
Townhall ^ | 5-16-2012 | Michelle Malkin - Commentary

May 16, 2012 Obamacare's Patient-Dumping, Privacy-Meddling Scheme Michelle Malkin The stench of Chicago cronyism over the White House just got fouler. Inhale this: A shadowy $10 billion Obamacare agency with zero oversight just awarded first lady Michelle Obama's pet patient-dumping scheme at the University of Chicago Medical Center a $5.9 million taxpayer-funded grant. It will enable Mrs. Obama's cronies to build a government-sponsored electronic medical record-sharing system. The Chicago program, known as the Urban Health Initiative, is run by one of President Obama's closest golfing buddies, scandal magnet Eric Whitaker, who has been entangled with Illinois corruption celebrities Rod Blagojevich...
Many Hospitals Resist Computerized Patient Care

04/07/2004 8:35:47 PM PDT · by neverdem · 40 replies · 834+ views
NY Times ^ | April 6, 2004 | MILT FREUDENHEIM

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"/> April 6, 2004 Many Hospitals Resist Computerized Patient CareBy MILT FREUDENHEIM or years, technology has been held out as an important way to curb the scourge of medical errors. President Bush and Senator John Kerry have each called for a bigger commitment to computerization to reduce the 98,000 avoidable deaths a year that an eye-opening federal report in 1999 said might be caused by mistakes of doctors, nurses and other hospital personnel. Yet even now, despite pressure from large employers, unions and health care advocacy groups - and aggressive marketing by vendors -...
Bush Administration Scraps Written Consent Forms That Would Have Been Required in Patient Privacy

03/21/2002 7:01:34 PM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 7 replies · 445+ views
TBO.com ^ | 3/21/02 | Laura Meckler

Doctors could disclose patient information without written permission and parents would get more access to their children's records under medical privacy rules announced Thursday by the government. The first comprehensive federal protections for health privacy, which will take effect in April 2003, will apply to nearly every patient, doctor, hospital, insurance plan and pharmacy in the nation. They were developed under former President Clinton and allowed to go forward last year by the Bush administration, which at the same time promised changes. It was these revisions that were announced Thursday. The rules prohibit health care providers from disclosing patient information...

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Keyword: patientprivacy

How Electronic Medical Records Exploded In Doctors’ Faces And Politicians Got Off Scot-Free

New Poll: Doctors Lie To Protect Patient Privacy

Obamacare's Patient-Dumping, Privacy-Meddling Scheme

Many Hospitals Resist Computerized Patient Care

Bush Administration Scraps Written Consent Forms That Would Have Been Required in Patient Privacy