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Security and privacy issues unaddressed in Stage 2 Meaningful Use proposal garner attention at policy meeting

The Stage 2 Meaningful Use notice of proposed rulemaking (.pdf) the Health and Human Services Department published March 7 addresses many but not all of the health IT policy committee's concerns...

HITECH Act's promise of data security not yet realized

The HITECH Act (.pdf) was intended to enable electronic health record innovation and adoption by plugging the data privacy holes left by the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act, or

Anonymized health IT data still traceable, House panel warned

As electronic health records start to become pervasive in physician practices--thanks in no small measure to federal incentives --there's a growing worry that electronically-collected health data