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A Reader’s Rant: “YOU CAN’T FIX STUPID!”

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Dissent

A recent post on a FACTA-related lawsuit touched a nerve for at least one reader. Erick Mann, ID Theft Group Security Specialist, sent me the following, which he’s given me permission to post here: I have found that the conversation sounds like a loop on a tape recorder: “We’re fine, that doesn’t apply to us”…

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CAP Comments on HHS Health Data Breach Guidelines

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Dissent

By Peter Swire | May 22, 2009 Download the comments (pdf) The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 imposes a new duty on health care providers and insurers to notify affected individuals about any breach of their personal health data. The Department of Health and Human Services has asked for comments on the first…

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Students Protest UHS' New HIV Testing Policy

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Dissent

Naveen N Srivatsa of the Harvard Crimson reports: Over 20 students gathered in front of the Holyoke Center Wednesday evening to protest Harvard University Health Services’ decision to discontinue anonymous HIV testing. Waving signs that read “My right to privacy includes my right to anonymity” and “I’m pro-testing,” the group of students from the College…

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(follow-up) NE: Hastings Regional Center must release names

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Dissent

Denise Booker of KHAS-TV reports: The fight to release the names of those buried at the Hastings Regional Center is now over. The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered the state to release nearly 1,000 patient names from the former psychiatric hospital cemetery. The Adams County Historical Society has battled for almost 2 years to make…

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Iowa Court: proof of disclosure not sufficient to support damages

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Dissent

Jeff Drummon of HIPAA blog points to an Iowa case decided this month: John Doe v. Central Iowa Health System d/b/a Iowa Health Des Moines d/b/a Iowa Methodist Medical Center and d/b/a Iowa Lutheran Hospital (pdf). In this case, although the plaintiff seemingly convinced the jury that his records had been improperly disclosed, he didn’t…

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Identity theft, privacy and information security — executive coaching (part 3)

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Dissent

In this article, Joe Campana discusses safe harbor and cites a 2007 Illinois Supreme Court opinion from Bagent v. Blessing Care Corporation, d/b/a Illini Community Hospital (pdf).   Campana writes, in part: An Illinois Supreme Court Case illustrates safe harbor. A health care employee divulged personal health information of a patient in a conversation with…

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