You have probably read about this in the news already, but now it looks like they are going after the companies who enroll consumers with health plans too, sending the same type of letter. For updates from Express Scripts, you can check the main support page for any updates. They have contracted...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
by
The Medical Quack
on
11-12-2008
Filed under:
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, privacy, Prescriptions, Data Breach, Investigation, FBI, Extortion, Express Scripts, Kroll
Good interview from Robert Scoble and well worth listening to, he speaks about how healthcare is in a very fast pace, faster than what we have known in the past and about the shift to the consumer is evolving as far as taking care and accumulating your own personal health care records. People are...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
by
The Medical Quack
on
10-26-2008
Filed under:
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, privacy, microsoft, Medical Records, PHR, Google Health, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Economy, MIB, Health 2.0, Healthline
When the sensors identify something suspicious they transmit warning data to analysts, who determine whether or not to deter passengers for further questioning. Micro-facial scanning is the next step, yes it scans your face and muscle movement. It will read your body temperature, heart rate and respiration...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
by
The Medical Quack
on
09-23-2008
Filed under:
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Computers, privacy, Congress, software, Sensors, White House, Lab, Scanning, Terrorists, Mind Reading
NebuAd works directly with Internet service providers to scan their customers' Web surfing habits and deliver ads presumed to be of interest to them and is one of the companies on the hot seat. The big question is whether or not consumers should have the option to either opt in or opt out. ...
Security Breach Story of the Week..... One third of the nations hospitals are operating in the red...fundraising is becoming increasingly important...it is part of today's culture...some hospitals are not asking as they say it's too hard to track...maybe we need a software update here...there...
This is very funny and a must watch! On a serious note though it does make a point about privacy and how integrated we are becoming....how far will it go as data bases and inter-connectivity continues to grow...BD http://youtube.com/watch?v=OFdsGBeimgE Technorati Tags: Privacy , Medical Records , Healthcare
Science Roll is just doing an outstanding job in keeping us informed on the topic of genomics...if you have not ventured over the the site and have an interest in not only genomics, but some the latest on line resources, take a look... this post also has a nice visual on what your genome personal data...