FTC Will Grant Six-Month Delay of Enforcement of ‘Red Flags’ Rule Requiring Creditors to Have Identity Theft Prevention Programs

The Federal Trade Commission will suspend enforcement of the new “Red Flags Rule” until May 1, 2009, to give creditors and financial institutions additional time in which to develop and implement written identity theft prevention programs.

FTC Will Grant Six-Month Delay of Enforcement of ‘Red Flags’ Rule Requiring Creditors to Have Identity Theft Prevention Programs

Prescription for Change - WSJ.com

"Health care has managed to avoid the information-technology revolution. But it won't for much longer."
Prescription for Change - WSJ.com

NEJM -- Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs -- Learning from International Experience

article in the New England Journal of Medicine, October 23, 2008

NEJM -- Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs -- Learning from International Experience

Identity Theft Horror Stories Links

Identity Theft Horror Stories Links

Patient permission for health data sharing still a big stumbling block - FierceHealthIT

Most consumers aren't that aware of HIEs' existence, and if they are aware, they probably are more focused on whether HIEs maintain good data security.

Patient permission for health data sharing still a big stumbling block - FierceHealthIT

Europe launches its health data exchange pilot

A project involving 12 European countries and supported by the European Commission is taking the lead in ensuring healthcare interoperability in Europe.The project is akin to the building of a nationwide health information network, or NHIN, that is under way in the United States.

Europe launches its health data exchange pilot

Bronx RHIO First to "Go Live" in New York City; Now Sharing Patient Data From 55 Care Sites

Bronx RHIO First to "Go Live" in New York City; Now Sharing Patient Data From 55 Care Sites