Kafka, not Orwell, can help us understand the problems of digitized mass surveillance, argues legal scholar Daniel J. Solove. Read More »

While the most meaningful information about a patient’s health comes out of interactions directly with clinicians, valuable data is also available through monitoring patients using a variety of medical devices. Read More »

Once celebrated as the next big thing in the healthcare world, electronic medical records (EMRs) have a long way to go in terms of physician satisfaction, according to survey data from AmericanEHR Partners released in March at HIMSS 2013. Read More »

Six U.S. Senators claim that the $35 billion Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs are not achieving their goals and require a “reboot.” Read More »

Gulf War veterans have reported symptoms of illness that are still mysterious. Researchers, for the first time, have uncovered two types of Gulf war illness from research findings that they say come as a surprise and are the result of brain atrophy. Read More »

Most people can stand to lose some weight. And physicians will often point out the health benefits of losing weight to patients. This advice can be helpful, but when you leave the exam room you are on your own. The reality is that sustained behavior change is hard. [...] Read More »

What Edward Snowden has done is an amazingly brave and courageous act of civil disobedience. Read More »

There’s been a lot of talk in the EHR world about APIs and most of the time they talk about it as an open API. The problem is that there’s been a lot of talk about EHR APIs and not a lot of action... Read More »

Libelium today released a new communications module capable of over-the-air programming (OTAP) via 3G and Wi-Fi for remote management of its wireless sensor platform Waspmote. Read More »

Still recovering from the costly implementation of a new electronic medical records system, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center will post an operating loss this fiscal year, medical center officials told investors Monday. Read More »