Friday, March 03, 2006


Hepatitis C Therapy - Patients e-records facing legal hurdles


Patients e-records facing legal hurdles
Kansas City Star - Although information technology promises to reduce medical errors and bolster efficiency, the road to the electronic promised land is fraught with legal potholes. Lawyer Randal Schultz, with Shughart Thomson & Kilroy , outlined legal problems in a

'Silent killer' driven out of the shadows: Hepatitis
Chillico Gazette - There was a time when Arline Loh of Wilmington, Del., didn't tell people she has hepatitis B. "It carries such a stigma," says Loh, 57, an information technology expert who retired three months ago because of liver damage caused by the disease

Daily Planner: Monday
Chico Enterprise-Record - SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO.'s BIG ROOM: 7:30 p.m. Live Irish music by Patrick Street. Benefit for KZFR 90.1 FM. $20 in the pub or by calling 345-2739. A dinner priced at $10 will be available from 6 p.m. until show time. MIKELESS OPEN MIKE: 8 p.m., Has

Broad Hep C push works
Age - GIVING free syringes, safety tips and health care to drug users in a broad strategy to curb Australia's hepatitis C epidemic is up to three times more cost-effective than funding only prevention and education programs. Secret research commissioned by

Health calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - Send items for the health calendar at least two weeks in advance to Health Calendar, Asheville Citizen-Times, P.O. Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802; fax to 251-0585, or e-mail them to Jason Sandford at jsandford@CITIZEN-TIMES.com . WNC BRAIN INJURY