Vol. 2, No. The purpose is to learn whether the investment in equipment actually saves money by preventing future expensive complications. Nearly 1.5 million California children are eligible for public health insurance but are not enrolled. To make the enrollment process easier, the state has launched a program that lets applicants sign up on the Internet. Now several Canadian pharmacies are offering online transactions to U.S. customers, eliminating the need for the trip.
Regulators claim the practice is illegal, but so far have done nothing to stop it.
There's lots of talk these days about security problems related to electronic medical records. However, some experts say that existing paper records are even less secure than electronic files. Two brothers have pleaded guilty to charges in New Jersey related to their sale of date rape drug kits over the Internet. The kits contained the ingredients for gamma hydroxybutyrate, a powerful drug that causes unconsciousness. A new survey conducted by Harris Interactive has found that most people want to be able to interact with their doctors via e-mail.