Hayden Donnell of the North Shore Times reports: An online medical database has North Shore GPs worried for their patients’ privacy. They are hitting out at the system, called TestSafe, saying it could be used to put patient medical records into the wrong hands. Milford doctor John Russell says he has seen two cases where…
Category: Health Data
Pointer: WellPoint exposes members' personal info, Rx records on the web
News story here. Commentary here.
Ca: Health files discarded
Chris Purdy, Saskatchewan News Network; and Canwest News Service report: For the second time in less than a month, boxes of abandoned patient health files have been discovered in vacant office space. At least 2,000 records were found last week in the Hammond Building in Moose Jaw. About six boxes of files were sitting in…
More Snooping Into UCLA Medical Records
The Associated Press is reporting that California first lady Maria Shriver is among 32 celebrity patients who had their confidential medical records accessed by unauthorized personnel at UCLA Medical Center. According to their report, the same employee who breached actress Farrah Fawcett’s records also breached the privacy of other high-profile or celebrity patients by snooping…
AU: Police investigate journalists' claims
This is a follow-up to a story mentioned here: WEST Australian police are investigating claims by a Perth journalist that he was able to access private details of hospital patients from old computers found dumped outside a hospital. A Sunday Times journalist today reported that private details, including the names and addresses of patients, were…
Sweden's e-health initiative launches
The Swedish government has launched its e-health initiative, as described on the e-Health Europe site. The national strategy is described in this 36-page report [pdf]. With respect to security, the report says: Increased use of e-Health must be combined with effective security measures designed to ensure that highly sensitive confidential information relating to individual patients…