From CDT.org: CDT, together with the Markle Foundation and others, filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding new requirements on how to notify patients when unsecured personal health record (PHR) data has been breached. In the comments, CDT called on FTC to work with the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure…
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TN: Shipley withdraws bill to provide parental access to children's records
As a follow-up to a story covered here, the Associated Press has reported that Rep. Tony Shipley has withdrawn the bill.
Stimulus Bill Includes Important Privacy Provisions That Affect Psychiatrists
Stephen Barlas has an article in the current issue of Psychiatric Times on how ARRA affects psychiatrists. It beings: Psychiatrists failed to get privacy protection for an expanded version of their psychotherapy notes in the stimulus bill Congress passed last February. But the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) did authorize a study on the…
MI: Credit-card thefts blamed for Spicy Pickle closings
This follow-up to a breach originally reported on PogoWasRight.org last year demonstrates how what might appear to be less than catastrophic data breaches can wipe out a small or medium-sized business. William R. Wood reports on MLive.com: The area’s two Spicy Pickle restaurants closed Monday, their owner saying that they were victims of the fallout…
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic notifies patients of data loss
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic has confirmed to this site that they recently notified patients of a data loss incident that has not been reported in the mainstream media. According to a few sources that we could not confirm, the breach involved unencrypted patient data. The only statement the clinic would make in response to a request for…
Ca: Patient health protection bill tabled, electronic records to follow
New Brunswick’s long-awaited patient health protection legislation was tabled Friday. Health Minister Mike Murphy said the bill will make sure that New Brunswickers can control who sees their medical records. “Every New Brunswicker has a medical history,” he said. “That medical history might be thin or it might be thick. “We have to make sure…