Title: False Statements and Concealment of Material Information by VA Information Technology Staff Report Number: 17-01980-201 Download Report Issue Date: 1/28/2021 City/State: VA Office: Office of Information and Technology (OIT) Report Author: Office of Special Review Report Type: Investigative Review Release Type: Unrestricted Summary: The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an administrative investigation…
Category: Healthcare
NY county threatens to forcibly quarantine those who might have come into contact with COVID-19
Sam Dorman reports: A New York county is threatening to involuntarily quarantine residents who either may have come into contact with a person with COVID-19 or arrived in one of the states of concern listed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The warning came as part of a longer letter obtained by Fox News and confirmed Wednesday by the Chemung County…
Texas Encourages Court to Endorse Risky, Medically Unnecessary Abortion Procedure
Jordan Smith report: The morning after President Joe Biden was inaugurated, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals convened to consider whether Texas should be allowed to ban the safest and most common method of abortion used later in pregnancy. If the court agrees with Texas, it would be endorsing a previability abortion ban in…
New tool makes it possible to do research on patient records without seeing sensitive information – researchers
This appears to be a sponsored article written by Oddny Johnsen of the Norwegian centre for E-health research. It appeared on Sciencenorway.no. A new IT tool will make it easier to carry out quality assurance throughout the health service. “We can now easily extract information and statistics from electronic health records (EHR) to conduct research…