Teresa Auch writes in the Post-Tribune: PORTAGE — A Crisman Elementary student’s seizure went unnoticed on a school bus partly because of confusion over health privacy laws, and now his mother wants answers. Katherine Allbritton said her son, Johnny, has epilepsy. When he started kindergarten last year, she made sure to talk with the principal…
Category: Health Data
(update) BCBS-WNY laptop also had data on BS-NENY members
WNYT reports: A missing laptop puts some BlueCross BlueShield customers at risk for identity theft in New York State. The company confirms the laptop went missing in late fall with information on up to 40,000 members. This affects BlueCross BlueShield of Northeastern New York and BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York. The company claims if…
Man Charged With Stealing VA Hospital Computers
Seen on The Indy Channel: A Speedway man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing computers containing information on more than 11,000 patients from a Veterans Administration hospital, officials said Tuesday. Joseph A. Radican, 50, has been charged with felony theft in the November break-in at the Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis. Three computers,…
UCLA hospital bans cellphones, laptops
Charles Ornstein writes in the Los Angeles Times: UCLA’s neuropsychiatric hospital has banned all cellphones and laptop computers after a patient posted group photos of other patients on a social networking website, officials confirmed Monday. Dr. Thomas Strouse, medical director of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, said in a statement that the decision was part of…
Miscellaneous items
1. Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to sponsor a study to determine the value of personal health records, conducted by the Center for Information Technology Leadership, the research center announced. Source: Modern Healthcare Online (registration required) 2. Seen on iHealthBeat, the results of a survey asking, “Do You Believe Your Health Plan Fully…
Request for Letters of Intent: California Networks for Electronic Health Record Adoption
Seen at California HealthCare Foundation: The California Networks for Electronic Health Record Adoption (CNEA) program was initiated in 2006 to speed adoption and lower the overall cost of electronic health records (EHR) in California community clinics and health centers. The Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF), the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), and the Community Clinics…