Author: Dissent

Duane Bourne reports: Matthew Wiseman, a registered nurse who pilfered a dead patient’s credit card, was ordered to serve a month in jail on Wednesday. The 24-year-old man, who pleaded guilty to credit card theft and credit card fraud, used the card of Michael Puopolo in March to buy a laptop computer hours after the…

On July 10th, 2008 thieves broke into the office of Summer Avenue Chiropractic Clinic and stole the computers used to conduct business. According to the letter sent to the affected patients, the computers contained encrypted personal information. Source and documentation – The Breach Blog

A LAPTOP containing sensitive information about vulnerable Oldham adults with mental health problems has been stolen. Investigations are taking place to determine exactly what type of information was held on the computer, the number of records and their level of sensitivity. The computer was apparently taken from an Oldham Council manager’s car which was parked…

  Ted Eytan, M.D., writes: I am posting this invitation from the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology in its entirety, because I am Co-Chair of the Personal Health Records Workgroup alongside Lory Wood from the Good Health Network. I’ve been very impressed with the experience and talent that the group has brought to this…

  Patient Guide: When Health Care Providers May Communicate About You with Your Family, Friends, or Others Involved in Your Care Provider Guide: Communicating with a Patient’s Family, Friends, or Others Involved in a Patient’s Care

Sessional GPs are being barred from obtaining personal prescribing data that will be essential for revalidation. IT systems including EMIS, the system most widely used in UK practices, do not recognise sessional GPs’ prescribing numbers, thus blocking access to their personal prescribing data. The problem remains despite the DoH agreeing that sessional GPs should have…