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Massachusetts Court Rules Cell Tracking Requires Warrant

Mon, 28 Sep 2015 13:00:00 GMT

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation

Mass SJC reaffirms general rule that Massachusetts constitution requires a warrant for tracking a person's location using cell site location information (CSLI).

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How House Calls Can Cut Medical Costs

Sun, 27 Sep 2015 22:33:00 GMT

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Medicare finds that house calls by physicians may keep people out of the hospital.

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A Medical Detective Story: Why Doctors Make Diagnostic Errors

Sat, 26 Sep 2015 15:30:00 GMT

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Problems in gathering or interpreting information related to history taking and physical examination cited as cause of medical error.

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Uber Fighting Big Legal Battles on Two Fronts

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 13:00:00 GMT

Source: National Constitution Center

Two recent legal cases involving Uber could determine efficacy of its business model.

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Massachusetts Employers Offering Paid Sick Leave Get Temporary Reprieve

Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:04:00 GMT

Source: Boston Business Journal

Employers that already offered paid sick time to employees will be exempted from some provisions of the new voter-approved sick time law that takes effect July 1, 2015. The sick time law requires employers with 11 employees or more to accrue 40 hours of sick time a year, which can be used for themselves or illness of immediate family members.

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Victims of Amtrak Derailment Have Limited Remedies

Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:58:00 GMT

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Obscure Federal Law could limit the amount that victims of the recent Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia are allowed to recover.

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Medical Association’s Position on Physician Assisted Suicide Debated

Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:48:00 GMT

Source: California Healthline

California Medical Association's decision to drop its opposition to physician-assisted suicide not approved by all palliative care physicians.

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Data Breaches Increase in Healthcare Industry

Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:45:00 GMT

Source: Ponemon Institute

Study of Ponemon Institute, reveals that data breaches within the healthcare industry continue to grow and that they are more expensive to remedy than in any other industry. Many breaches arise from employee negligence and lost or stolen electronic storage devices; however, an emerging trend is that criminals are increasingly targeting and exploiting healthcare data.

Criminal Attacks: The New Leading Cause of Data Breach in Healthcare

Electronic Medical Records New Study

Mon, 08 Jun 2015 13:23:00 GMT

Source: Oxford University Press

Report addresses some of the more serious flaws that have been created by the broad adoption of Electronic Medical Records and provides 10 recommendations for how to address them.

Report of the AMIA EHR 2020 Task Force on the Status and Future Direction of EHRs | Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association