Digital Health Records

New Data Spill Shows Risk Of Online Health Records

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 10.21.2011

SAN FRANCISCO — Until recently, medical files belonging to nearly 300,000 Californians sat unsecured on the Internet for the entire world to see...

Are New Digital Networks Part Of The Cure?

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Emma Schwartz Fred Schulte | Posted 05.25.2011

GREENVILLE, Miss.--These days, Debra Richardson, a 53-year-old former schoolteacher with diabetes and other chronic diseases, spends a lot of time thi...

Experts: Move To Electronic Medical Records Needs Oversight

Posted 05.25.2011

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz Huffington Post Investigative FundThough electronic health records may greatly improve medical care in the future, ...

Shopping for Health Software, Some Doctors Get Buyer's Remorse

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Emma Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Cameron wasn't much of a technology buff, but the orthopedic surgeon knew he wanted to get rid of all the paper in his nine-physician practice ...

Shopping for Health Software, Some Doctors Get Buyer's Remorse

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Emma Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Cameron wasn't much of a technology buff, but the orthopedic surgeon knew he wanted to get rid of all the paper in his nine-physician practice ...

As Health Files Go Digital, Patients May Spot Unpleasant Surprises

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Fred Schulte | Posted 05.25.2011

When Kaiser Permanente started giving patients online access to their medical records nearly five years ago, it offered the same lab reports doctors s...

Health Industry Winning Round On Privacy Of Digital Health Records

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Emma Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Lobbyists for the health industry are close to a victory over consumer groups in a dispute about when patients should be told their digital medical re...

Help Us Investigate Health Information Technology

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Adam Clark Estes | Posted 05.25.2011

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund will be covering the progress of health information technology reform. Are you a patient who has begun tracking...