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Category: Health Data

NZ: Hospital IDs focus of privacy debate

Posted on March 6, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Stephen Bell Wellington writes in Computerworld: With the renewed focus on privacy in both New Zealand and Australia, Melbourne-based health software company TrakHealth has had to defend the approach it took to a public health patient-tracking system it recently developed for Brazil. The system will provide every Brazilian with an identifying number and plastic card…

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UK: NHS baby data found in store

Posted on March 6, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Kevin Barnes writes in the Croydon Guardian: A sensitive document detailing the treatments of premature babies at Mayday Hospital was discovered at a supermarket in Sutton. An investigation was ordered after a shopper stumbled on the highly confidential patient records while browsing a DVD rack at Morrisons. John Dunne, 61, discovered the names, dates of…

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Hospital donor files compromised

Posted on March 6, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Markian Hawryluk and Betsy Q. Cliff report in The Bulletin: A computer virus may have exposed to outside eyes the names, credit card numbers, dates of birth and home addresses of more than 11,500 individuals who donated to Cascade Healthcare Community, the parent company of St. Charles in Bend and Redmond. The virus penetrated the…

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Stolen medical records can be costly, deadly

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Dissent

Tom Kisken writes in the Ventura County Star: When identity theft happens in hospitals or medical offices, money may be the least of the victim’s worries. […] Often, the crimes involve an employee who has access to records and sells them, [Pam Dixon of the World Privacy Forum] said. The buyers start cautiously. They send…

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DNA database creates genetic surveillance

Posted on March 5, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

An Op-Ed on Gazette.net by Gerald G. Stansbury of the Maryland State NAACP; June White Dillard of the Prince George’s Branch NAACP; and Cynthia Boersma of the ACLU of Maryland addresses proposed legislation in Maryland: Warrantless seizure of DNA from individuals who are arrested but not convicted of crimes is being considered in the Maryland…

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UK: 300,000 prescriptions lost by NHS

Posted on March 5, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

The BBC reports: Thousands of prescription forms, carrying the names and addresses of patients, go missing every year as they are transported around the NHS. The government has admitted that almost 300,000 have been lost or stolen in England since 1997. Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said handling of personal information was “serially incompetent”. But…

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