South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth, MA has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle charges related to a data breach that occurred in 2010. The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office announced
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Last Wednesday, researchers at George Washington University’s Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program launched a new Web site to clarify health information laws at the federal and state levels. The
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Legislation being drafted by Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA) would allow state-based universal healthcare coverage. The State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2012, which may be introduced to Congress as soon
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Two Texas Congressmen have introduced a bill that would promote greater transparency regarding healthcare service costs. The Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2012 would require states to enact
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A report by the Brookings Institution suggests that mobile devices could help reduce medical costs and improve patient care. An analysis by Robert Litan, an economist for Brookings, found that
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The non-partisan and non-profit Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) is amassing billions of medical claims into a database to facilitate research into healthcare costs. Aetna, Humana, and UnitedHealthcare have all
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to approve a plan this week to dedicate some of the available bandwidth to wireless healthcare monitoring devices. The government agency will consider the
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A report by the Department of Homeland Security states that the healthcare industry’s increasing adoption of mobile technology can pose risks to health data. The report, titled “Attack Surface: Healthcare
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Health Level Seven International (HL7), a non-profit standards development organization, is encouraging clinician healthcare providers to participate in developing standards for Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems. The ANSI-accredited global authority
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A new report from healthcare market research and advisory firm Manhattan Research indicates that physician use of tablet computers has almost doubled since 2011. The annual “Taking the Pulse” study
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