To the streets--We're doing the job, people are coming out, but the other two legs of the stool to boost this fledgling movement to the next step are missing Namely, those are:

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Gambling With Our Lives: How Private Industry Has Ruined Healthcare

Meet Vivian, from Hilsboro, Oregon. Vivian's husband is disabled and she retired with a partial disability pension. Right now the couple is using COBRA1 to cover their health insurance needs but time is running out.

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Description: This organization is "dedicated to ensuring Americans control access to their health records" and that "what you say in the doctor's office should stay in the doctor's office." Includes material about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( …

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Three questions you never thought you had to answer to get a birth certificate.

I was elated to get the just decided upon name of my newborn on paper. I got out the waiting stack and started filling in the blanks. That's when I crashed headlong into question number thirteen, asking the Principal source of payment for this delivery. Odd.

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Health Insurance for 47,000,000

Is health insurance only for those lucky enough to be healthy and wealthy? Today MSNBC.com published an article by Jonathan Cohn, a writer for Self Magazine, When you are denied health insurance: Sometimes even healthy people can't get a company to sell them a policy (http://w …

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Electronic health records, touted by the government as a way to reduce medical costs, are used by few doctors in the U.S. because they are too expensive for their practices, a Harvard University survey found.

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Google Inc. unveiled its long-awaited health service, which allows consumers to manage their medical records and receive health advice online.

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This is the future, but for some patients it has already arrived, as more doctors and hospitals get "wired" by moving to electronic record keeping and paperless prescribing. Health information technology (HIT)—the bland umbrella term for this revolution in health care—promis …

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HIPAA and Your Rights

In 2004, I was forced to file several complaints against two therapists that violated my rights under HIPAA. I filed complaints with the Department of Health and Human Resources/Office of Civil Rights and the State of Kansas Behavioral Health Board.

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Enclarity announces the first solutions for crosswalking (matching) health insurer provider data files to allow them to comply to the National Provider Identifier (NPI) mandate.

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One security expert says your printer may be the weak link in your hospital's network. According to one security expert, it's possible to infiltrate an otherwise HIPAA-compliant hospital network from an unlikely place—the printer.

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An incident at a Wisconsin hospital leading to identity theft, may prompt new legislation requiring hospitals to notify patients when information may have been breached. Currently, hospitals are not required to provide such notification.

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A CISSP Certified Director with a proven track record establishing a global information security framework based upon international standards.

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Just in case the pain you're experiencing isnt causing quite enough tingling in your extremities, here is some chilling news from Vermont.

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Microsoft has launched HealthVault, a software program for uploading personal medical data.

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Your daughter has just been in a car crash. She falls unconscious on her way to the hospital, but not before she is able to tell the paramedics the name of her doctor.

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Rumble Group Announces Name Change to Thru.

Rumble Group of Dallas, Texas is pleased to announce it has changed its name to Thru. in conjunction with the launch of its newest online file delivery product, Thru.Outlook Edition. The goal of the name change is to leverage the strength of the Thru.

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