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Use patient photos appropriately for anti-medical ID theft
With medical identity theft becoming an increasingly prevalent problem in the United States, physician practices can protect their patients against fraud by confirming that everyone presenting
More practices verifying patients' identity
As part of an effort to cut down on medical identity fraud, a number of physician offices across the country have taken new steps to make sure the patients they treat are who they say they are. To
Saving healthcare with the clinical narrative
A recent exposé on the dangers of electronic health records and in particular "copy-and-paste" functionality accentuates the battle between innovative technology and the essential inclusion of
Internet use transforming patient-provider relationships
For years, we at FierceHealthIT have described the gradual emergence of online communications between providers and patients. For most of this time, such communication was just a now-and-then
Identity thieves getting better at stealing patient data
Where they once focused on banking data and credit card statements, identity thieves have become increasingly focused on breaking into patient data systems, observers say. Medical records offer a
HIT terms becoming more defined
Do you know the difference between an e-medical record and an e-health record? Health IT professionals are banking on an answer of "no," which is why there now is more of a push to give more "precise
Editor's Corner
Implanted RFID technology may well be a standard channel for transmitting electronic medical data at some point, but that day hasn't come yet.
Right now, RFID is battling it out against smart cards, flash …
FL law would ban chip implants without consent
Ideally, patients will only have RFID chips implanted in them if they're on board with the idea. However, a Florida state Senator fears that if protections aren't put into place, patients could have such chips implanted against their will. To make sure this doesn't happen, Senator Bill Posey (R) has filed a bill that would prohibit chip implantation without prior approval. The bill, which some Florida legislators consider a bit, well, paranoid, has nonetheless won approval from the state …
Ga. insurers unveil easy-access e-records
Georgia's largest health insurer plans to offer its members a personalized medical record that can be accessed over the Internet. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia just unveiled "the personal health record" and said it will be available to the insurer's 3.1 million members starting in late August. Kaiser Permanente, meanwhile, is planning to roll out an electronic health record in Georgia's Gwinnett County this week. All 286,000 of Georgia's Kaiser members will be able to use it …
