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CVS says patient privacy charges unfounded

Posted on November 18, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Turner Hutchens reports: CVS Caremark is refuting accusations by a union coalition that it misused patient information and counter-charges the coalition is trying to pressure CVS into supporting “undemocratic” employee organizing tactics. The Change to Win coalition presented the findings of an 18-month investigation in a report titled “CVS Caremark: An Alarming Prescription” Friday. The…

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Appeals Court upholds NH drug privacy law

Posted on November 18, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

New Hampshire’s attempt to shield doctors’ prescription records from drug companies does not violate the Constitution, the First Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. In a 148-page ruling made public today, the appeals court overturned a ruling by the state’s U.S. District Court, and found that keeping prescription records confidential does not violate the First…

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Former Pa. nursing aide pleas guilty to ID theft

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Dissent

A former nurses assistant has admitted stealing the personal information of a 75-year-old patient from a suburban Philadelphia nursing home. Police say 28-year-old Jennifer Antonelli of Conshohocken stole a check from the patient’s room and used it to open accounts on the Internet and pay her and her boyfriend’s personal bills in 2007. […] At…

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ME: Stolen Medical Files

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Dissent

Police are trying to figure out how someone stole files from the Downeast Community Hospital in Machias… They washed ashore in a river in Pembroke last week. Hospital officials say they had no idea the files were even missing, until they were contacted by a police officer. Read more on WABI-TV

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UK: NHS medical research plan threatens patient privacy

Posted on November 16, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

John Carvel reports: The privacy of millions of NHS patients will be critically undermined by a government plan to let medical researchers have access to personal files, the health information watchdog told the Guardian last night. The prime minister and Department of Health want to give Britain’s research institutes an advantage against overseas competitors by…

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VT: ACLU opposes 'genetic profiling' DNA bank sweeps put innocent under surveillance

Posted on November 16, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Peter Hirschfeld reports: Lawmakers say a proposal to expand the state’s DNA database will better protect Vermont residents from violent criminals. But a civil liberties group argues that culling genetic samples from people not yet convicted of any crime could compromise rights to privacy guaranteed under the Vermont Constitution. The Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this…

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