| Government Tries to Ramp-Up Medical Privacy, Security |
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| Written by The Buzz | |||
| Tuesday, 07 June 2011 12:10 | |||
Lapses in security and data breaches are impeding the effort to convert to electronic health records, reports the New York Times. In order to prevent further breaches and ensure further electronic record adoption the government is attempting to enforce existing medical privacy and security rules. | |||
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About the Author: Jeff Merron is a full-time freelance editor, journalist, and copywriter who has written for the New York Times Magazine, ESPN.com, Slate, Byte Magazine, Macworld, Consumers Digest, and many other national publications. He's also a regular contributor to IT Business Insider and 108, a baseball magazine. He has a Ph.D. in Mass Communication Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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