Epilepsy campaigners have criticised the posting of footage on the YouTube website of people having seizures. The National Society for Epilepsy (NSE) said some videos – although not all – were voyeuristic, and the modern equivalent of the Victorian freak show. The website features many clips of people having seizures, and others faking seizures –…
Author: Dissent
Ca: Investigation confirms Albertans' right to ask custodians to limit disclosure of health information through Alberta Netcare
Information and Privacy Commissioner, Frank Work, has confirmed that individuals can ask that disclosure of their health information through Alberta Netcare, Alberta’s electronic health record, be limited. On conclusion of a recent investigation, it was recommended that Alberta Health and Wellness take steps to fully implement the technology that will allow custodians to limit…
Google Health: Birth of a Giant
Michael McBride writes in redOrbit: On Feb. 28th, at the 2008 annual HIMSS conference, Google announced its first product for healthcare – Google Health – a new personal health record (PHR) that will be free to use and available just about anywhere in the United States. To say that the news was received positively does…
Local lawn scattered with medical records
Bisi Onile-Ere reports for ABC12: There are concerns about the potential for identity theft in one Mid-Michigan community. The private financial and medical information of dozens of people fill boxes that sit in the front yard of a Swartz Creek home. That home once belonged to a chiropractor and sits on the 3200 hundred block…
Ie: HSE apologises over 'misaddressed' letters
Elaine Edwards reports in the Irish Times: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has apologised and has contacted the Data Protection Commissioner after a number of letters sent to patients in the northeast in relation to a review of health tests were sent to the wrong addresses. Some 4,500 patients’ X-rays or CT scans are being…
Ie: Privacy – for dead patient
Ian McGuinness writes in the Irish Medical Times: The Health Service Executive tried to argue that it had to protect the right to privacy of a deceased patient, the Information Commissioner has revealed. Ms Emily O’Reilly explained the situation in her recent Annual Report for 2007. Without giving the name of the hospital, Ms O’Reilly…