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Google Health

OK this type of service is way overdue.
Google Health aims to solve an urgent need.  Organizing patient information and making it accessible and useful.
Read more  about Google Health on their official blog : http://googleblog.blogspot.com


SEROXAT SUFFERERS - 2008 REVIEW PT I


Some highlights from 2008.January 10th - GSK help heal the 'well'Not content with supplying Paxil/Seroxat to patients with what they deem as a low level of serotonin in the brain, it seems Glaxo SmithKline are now targeting people who only think they have an illness...hypochondriacs!Feb 10th - Seroxat safe for adults eh?The MHRA recently announced that the patient information leaflet on ALL antidepressants here in the UK was going to be reworded. They said that antidepressants could cause suicid

Are state and federal breach notification mandates unreasonable?


Organizations unable or unwilling to provide the controls necessary to react immediately to protect customer, employee, or patient information should reconsider keeping it in the first place.  ——————————————————————————————————————- Chris Wolf, an attorney and head of the Proskauer Rose (Washington, D.C.) law firm’s privacy and security group, stated in a recent interview that breach notifications should be delayed until all the facts are in about what was lost and who was affected.  While th

GSK European Promotion of Medicines Code of Practice


Clause 4 Promotion and Its SubstantiationPage 10. Clause 4, 4:10"It must not be stated that a product has no side-effects, toxic hazards or risks of addiction or dependency.""These tablets are not addictive" and "Remember you cannot become addicted to Seroxat."Seroxat Patient Information Leaflet 1996"It was quite clear from talking to patients and as a doctor that’s very, very important to me, it’s quite clear that the phrase “Seroxat is not addictive” was poorly understood by them."Dr. Alastair

Is Your Medical Website HIPAA Compliant?


HIPAA is a congressional act that governs how electronic information pertaining to medicare/medicaid must be handled. The new HIPAA Laws are now in effect. An owner of a medical website must take steps to secure their website and ensure that any patient information is fully protected. “Protected Health Information” or PHI may not be used or disclosed without a valid authorization. This applies to past, present or future health conditions, health care or payments for health care. How does this

Podcast interview with Andy Hurd, Chairman and CEO of Carefx Corporation


I spoke recently with Andy Hurd, Chairman and CEO of Carefx Corporation, whose Fusion platform synthesizes data from a variety of clinical systems to provide clinicians with an integrated view of patient information. Andy shared his views of the information challenges facing hospitals and health information exchanges. We also discussed the impact of Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault, the future of the RHIO/HIE movement, and speculated on the impact of the incoming Barack Obama Administrat

When breach notifications breach privacy


When breach notifications breach privacy Tuesday, December 16 2008 @ 09:44 AM EST Contributed by: PrivacyNews Back in May, I reported a situation in which a breach notification letter to a state attorney general had revealed patient information, thereby creating yet another breach that was compounded by the publication of the notification letter on the Web. Because a similar web exposure problem recently occurred , I thought I would take a moment to point out what some CPOs, CSOs, and o