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Internet Giants, Amid Grumbling, Release New Data On Government Spying
Several Internet behemoths released updated data Monday detailing in broad terms the amount of national security requests for user data they have received from the government, part of transparency reports recently permitted by the Obama administration. Read More »
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Internet of Things in Healthcare: What's Next for IoT Technology in the Health Sector
Internet of Things technology holds the potential to revolutionise the healthcare industry, but not before overcoming barriers of security and data ownership.
Internet of Things (IoT) refers to any physical object embedded with technology capable of exchanging data and is pegged to create a more efficient healthcare system in terms of time, energy and cost. One area where the technology could prove transformative is in healthcare – with analysts at MarketResearch.com claiming the sector will be worth $117 million by 2020...
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Interoperability Issues Keep Clinicians From Sharing Health Info Electronically
Clinicians want to share health care information electronically, but are stymied by electronic health records that can't communicate with one another, a lack of information-exchange infrastructure, and the expense of setting up electronic interfaces and information exchanges, a new survey finds. Read More »
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Introducing Aaron’s Law, A Desperately Needed Reform Of The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act
The Internet is up for grabs. [...] We need an informed public debate to ensure lawmakers make the right choices that fully preserve the vital openness of the Internet and the privacy and civil liberties of its users. Reforming the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) should be a part of that debate. Read More »
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Investigating Blockchain's Role in Health Info Exchange
Federal regulators are considering the role that blockchain technology could play in advancing the secure exchange of healthcare information, says Steve Posnack of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. Blockchain - an open source distributed ledger technology that's associated with the cryptocurrency bitcoin - "has a lot of different potential implementations, and I think its diversity in how it can be implemented is one of the attractive features. It's not just a one-trick pony," he says in an interview at the HIMSS17 conference in Orlando...
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IRS Illegally Gave Taxpayer Data To The FBI In 2010, Republicans Say
The IRS sent the FBI a huge database containing sensitive taxpayer information on nonprofit conservative groups, possibly in violation of federal law, House Republicans allege. The lawmakers claim the transfer was part of an intentional effort to potentially probe the organizations for illegal campaign activities...
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Issa Launches The Open Gov Foundation
California Congressman Darrell Issa, a prominent advocate for Internet users, open government, and transparency issues unveiled a new initiative Monday called the Open Gov Foundation. Read More »
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IT Iconoclasts: Experts Offer Dissent On Policy Issues, Technology Implementation
Each month, more hospitals and office-based physicians buy and use electronic medical records and other health information technologies as the U.S. presses on toward achieving the goal first articulated by President George W. Bush in 2004: providing most Americans with access to an electronic medical record within a decade... Read More »
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J&J Sets Drug Data Free In ‘YODA’ Collaboration With Yale
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) will give academics access to data on clinical trials, a move that may prompt more companies to do the same. Read More »
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Judge Doubts NSA Program Is Constitutional-But Upholds It Anyway
A federal judge in Idaho upheld the NSA's controversial phone surveillance program Tuesday. But Judge B. Lynn Winmill seemed to invite the Supreme Court to overturn his decision...
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Kaiser Permanente Invites Software Developers To Build Apps
Health care giant Kaiser Permanente took small steps today allowing developers to access code to public information residing on its website, through an application programming interface (API). Read More »
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Kansas Health Information Exchange Calls It A Day
The board responsible for overseeing the digital exchange of Kansans' health records today unanimously approved transferring its duties to a state agency within a year, provided the Legislature acts to make the transfer legal. Read More »
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Larry Ellison, NSA Database Supplier, Approves Of NSA Surveillance
Larry Ellison is exceedingly rich and powerful. He is the third-most-wealthy person in the United States and runs Oracle, the database giant. And yet somehow, as he revealed during an interview on CBS Tuesday morning, he is hopelessly uninformed on the ramifications of NSA surveillance. Or, perhaps willfully uninformed. After all, the NSA is an Oracle client, which CBS didn't mention. Read More »
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Late Digital Rights Activist, International Access To Knowledge Advocate, And NSA Spying Journalists Win EFF Pioneer Awards
EFF to Honor Aaron Swartz, James Love, and Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras Next Month in San Francisco Ceremony Read More »
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Latest NSA Overreach Awakens Tech Giants In Washington
The most recent round of National Security Agency revelations have prompted major tech firms to publicly take a stronger stance against government surveillance activities, an escalation that could portend a shift in the way Silicon Valley does business in Washington. Read More »
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