News tagged with prescription data

RI tracking swine flu through electronic records

(AP) -- Rhode Island health officials are using electronic prescription records to track the spread of swine flu.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study looks at re-identification risks

A recent study led by Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the CHEO Research Institute, found that the information in hospital prescription records can quite easily re-identify ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pharmaceutical disobedience

Healthcare consumers, benefits managers, and even government officials are using the internet to buy unapproved prescription drugs illegally, according to a report to be published in the International Journal of Electronic He ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2