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========================================================= Sponsored by Proofpoint Free Report: Outbound Email Security and Content Compliance Everyone is familiar with inbound e-mail threats such as spam and viruses, but little attention has been paid to the risks posed by outbound email. Learn how IT execs are meeting HIPAA and other challenges in this free report from Proofpoint and Forrester Consulting. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1099-16-30-98670-124720-1 ========================================================= September 15, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: IBM Takes Big Vertical Leap 2. News: Genetic Code Transmits Records, Personalized Medicine 3. News: Albertsons Sued for Privacy Violations 4. Analysis: Albertsons Learns the Legal Dangers of CRM 5. News: Biometrics Make Health IT Security a Reality 6. News: Defense Department Taps Unisys for Electronic Medical Records System Visit the Health Care Industry Center: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1099-16-30-98670-124723-1 ========================================================= Health Care Industry Center Update ========================================================= 1. News: IBM Takes Big Vertical Leap Seizing on a growing trend among small and large enterprises alike, the IBM Software Group has spent the better part of the past year quietly executing a far-reaching plan to create bundled middleware solutions for specific vertical industries. Learn more about IBM's strategy here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1099-16-30-98670-124726-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Genetic Code Transmits Records, Personalized Medicine If DNA code can hold the information for making an entire person, surely it can do the same for an integrated medical record? Such is the reasoning of the developers of the Genomic Messaging System. Get the details on this experimental computer language. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1099-16-30-98670-124729-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Albertsons Sued for Privacy Violations The legal privacy monster of CRM systems has raised its frightening head again, this time with Albertsons accused of selling customer names to major drug companies. Now the chain is in hot legal water. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1099-16-30-98670-124732-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Analysis: Albertsons Learns the Legal Dangers of CRM A consumer rights group has filed a lawsuit against Albertsons, claiming that it called and wrote personalized letters to many of its prescription drug customers, and that the callers were marketing staffers pitching drugs that made more profit for the drug companies. Learn more about this CRM mess. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1099-16-30-98670-124735-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Biometrics Make Health IT Security a Reality Users of Contra Costa County Health Services once had to employ as many as 10 passwords to access patient information. But recently the public health organization instituted a more comprehensive access plan. Read about it here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1099-16-30-98670-124738-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Defense Department Taps Unisys for Electronic Medical Records System The Department of Defense has contracted information technology systems provider Unisys to implement an electronic medical records system for some nine million military beneficiaries. 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