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01/12/2012

Stakeholders Respond to Federal Proposal To Give Patients Full Access to Their Lab Results

AudioKate Christensen of Kaiser Permanente, Jason DuBois of the American Clinical Laboratory Association, Lawrence Hughes of the American Hospital Association and Eva Powell of the National Partnership for Women & Families spoke with iHealthBeat about a new federal proposal to give patients full access to their laboratory results.

06/09/2010

Health IT Policy Committee Debates Role of FDA in Overseeing Safety of E-Health Record Systems

AudioPatient advocate Dave deBronkart, Deven McGraw of the Center for Democracy and Technology's Health Privacy Project and Paul Tang of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation discussed what kind of role FDA should play in overseeing the safety of EHR systems.

04/22/2009

Concerns From Patients, Physicians Prompt Re-Evaluation of PHR Data Collection Methods

AudioFormer National Coordinator for Health IT David Brailer, Paul Tang of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Steve Waldren of AAFP and Roni Zeiger of Google discussed the importance of accurate data in personal health records.

10/09/2008

Health Care Groups Mount Opposition to Proposed Rule To Move to E-Prescriptions

AudioRobert Zirkelbach of America's Health Insurance Plans, Mark Merritt of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association and Claudia Schlosberg of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists discuss their concerns about the proposal.

09/18/2008

New Efforts Use Web-Based Tools Designed To Reduce Number of Prescription Drug Errors

AudioDiane Cousins, vice president at U.S. Pharmacopeia; Alan Goldhammer, vice president at the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; and Allen Vaida from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices discussed efforts to reduce drug errors with iHealthBeat.

09/05/2008

Biosurveillance: A National Effort in EDs To Identify, Deal With Health Care Threats

AudioJeff Johnson, an epidemiologist; Dean Lampman, a surveillance coordinator; Leslie Lenert, a health informatics expert; and Bill Stephens, a public health expert, discussed the national effort with iHealthBeat.

08/13/2008

Infant Screening Programs Provide Big Boost for Burgeoning Field of Genetic Research

AudioSusan Berry of the University of Minnesota, Piero Rinaldo of the Mayo Clinic's biochemical genetics lab and Mike Watson of the American College of Medical Genetics discuss the new, genetically driven field of personalized medicine.

07/25/2008

Software Glitches Pose New, Potentially Dangerous Problems for Medical Devices

AudioPaul Anderson, vice president of Gramma Tech; Julian Goldman, a clinician at Massachusetts General Hospital; and Pam Lane, vice president for health informatics at the California Hospital Association, discuss a new generation of technical problems in medical devices.

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