Scott Bauer of the Associated Press reports that a computer program run by Harmony Information Systems has a significant security hole that resulted in exposure of personal and medical information on Wisconsin seniors and disabled people. The program in question, Harmony’s Social Assistance Management Systems program, is used by Wisconsin to compile nutrition information…
Author: Dissent
New BC health law could lead to privacy abuse
Pamela Fayerman of the Vancouver Sun reports: Legislation paving the way for the collection and sharing of electronic health records opens the door for massive privacy security breaches, say groups opposed to the Bill which will soon get second reading. The way Bill 24 is drafted, B.C. residents could find their private health records circulating…
'Hold instructor of student nurse in rectum scandal accountable'
From ABS-CBN, more on the scandal reported on this site previously: The chair of the Technical Committee on Nursing Education of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) suggested to revoke the license of the Clinical Instructor (CI) of the student nurse who took a cell phone video of the rectum operation in Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical…
Kansas District Attorney Files Response to State on Needing Abortion Files
Steven Ertelt writes on LifeNews.com: A Kansas district attorney has filed a brief in relation to an investigation he’s conducting into a Planned Parenthood that allegedly did illegal late-term abortions, falsified medical records and violated other state laws. Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline says he needs abortion reports the state has about the abortion…
Bank of Ireland loses thousands of customer records
Out-Law.com reports: Four laptops containing personal details of 10,000 people have been stolen from the Bank of Ireland (BOI). The Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland is investigating the thefts. Data on the four laptops is not thought to have been encrypted, and BOI will now begin a process of encryption of data on its laptops….
Congress Near Deal on Genetic Test Bias Bill
Andrew Pollack reports in the New York Times: Congress reached an agreement clearing the way for a bill to prohibit discrimination by employers and health insurers on the basis of genetic tests. Senator Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican who had been almost single-handedly holding up action on the bill, said in an interview Tuesday that…