The United States has a long way to go in leveraging information technology to minimize the health impacts of natural disasters, disease outbreaks, terrorist attacks and other incidents.
In the wake of settlements with drugstore chains Rite Aid and CVS over HIPAA violations, federal regulators confirm they're investigating Walgreens for similar incidents.
Physician group practices shopping for an electronic health record system need to ask vendors plenty of security questions to avoid problems after implementation.
In a welcome move, two federal agencies are joining forces to support the movement toward broadband and wireless-enabled medical devices while protecting consumer safety.
A proposal to revamp the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules does a good job of hammering home the message that business associates and their subcontractors must comply with the updated rules, security experts say.
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