Tech giants back online health records standards
Microsoft and Google have joined a collection of insurers and health care providers in endorsing privacy standards intended to protect medical records stored online. The new "Connecting For Health" guidelines, which are also intended to ...
Kristin Davis: Her Healthy Life Secret
As global ambassador for Oxfam International, Sex and the City’s Kristin Davis is a tireless champion for women and children in need. Here, she reveals why her work in Africa gives her hope, what makes her happiest, and the major life ...
Harper Government muzzles Chief Public Health Officer
On June 6th, 2008, the website of the Public Health Agency of Canada quietly added the 2008 report by Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr David Butler-Jones. Normally, as noted in this release by Liberals Dr. ...
Emotional Labour in Health Care
In today’s inflexible, fast-paced and more accountable workplace where biomedical and clinical models dominate health care practice, is there room for emotional labour? Based on original empirical research, this book delves into ...
‘Power, Politics and Global Health’ Medsin-UK and The Lancet ...
There has been a lot of interest in the ‘Power, Politics and Global Health’ magazine collaboration between Medsin-UK and The Lancet Student which was announced a few weeks ago, and we want to encourage you all to keep sending us your ...
Shadegg has a point about health care
John Shadegg, R-Ariz., for a recent quote to a health care industry lobbying group picked up by the Yellow Sheet from Arizona Capitol Times. Here’s the quote as printed in a news release from Shadegg’s Democratic opponent, Bob Lord: ...
Public Health Care And Public Assistance
Can I still qualify for Medicaid or Medicare even if I already have private health insurance? Financial planner, Jason Lazarus, explains how a person with private health care may still qualify for public assistance.
Health Improvement Co-ordinator wanted
Tameside and Glossop PCT are looking for a “Health Improvement Co-ordinator” (£29091 – £38352) to take the strategic lead in the delivery of health improvement activity in the area. The successful candidate will be responsible for ...
Making real health care happen
The Patient as the Platform is my latest post over at Linux Journal, and it proposes something that goes beyond merely giving patients control of their health care records. (As do, say, Google Health and HealthVault.) Specifically, ...
CDT Publishes Paper on Electronic Health Records
The Center on Democracy and Technology has published a Policy Paper on the issues surrounding electronic health records. The paper, entitled “Privacy and Security Principles for Health Information Technology,” is broken down into three ...