Washington Post: Lobbying War Ensues Over Digital Health Data: Via Privacy Lives » Blog Archive

The Washington Post has a story on the debate over health information technology and privacy questions concerning digital medical data.

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The Senate recently held a hearing on “Health IT: Protecting Americans’ Privacy in the Digital Age,” which includes testimony from a number of experts on the issue. A few months ago, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld (pdf) a New Hampshire state law that banned the sale of prescriber-identifiable prescription drug data for marketing purposes.

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