Charlie Cooper reports: Patients will be put off visiting sexual health clinics, leading to a rise in sexually transmitted infections, if the Government removes legal safeguards in a controversial shake-up of privacy laws, medical charities say. Strict confidentiality regulations are being dropped because the NHS organisations they apply to were abolished in the Government’s controversial…
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Medical Records of 6,000-Plus Patients Taken From Oceanside Hospital (update2)
Aleksandra Kostantinovic reports that an employee clearing out his belongs accidentally loaded patient records into his car, but contacted the hospital immediately when he realized what had happened: The hospital records of approximately 6,500 patients were removed without authorization from the premises of Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside on Aug. 8, the hospital announced. A…
And back at LabMD v. FTC…
There’s been a somewhat interesting development in LabMD’s lawsuit against the FTC in the Georgia federal courts. If I understand that case, LabMD has tried twice – and failed twice – to get the court to consider their complaint, with the courts dismissing their complaints because they were not ripe for review until the administrative…
Meanwhile, back at FTC v. LabMD
For those of you trying to keep up with developments in the case, here’s the latest one: In response to a motion by the FTC to compel LabMD to file for immunity for Rick Wallace (a former Tiversa employee) under Rule 3.39, Chief Administrative Law Judge Chappell granted in part, and denied in part. LabMD had previously indicated…
UK: GP anger at 'outrageous' loss of patient blood samples and data
This one was reported earlier this month, but I just caught up with it: Nick Bostock reports: GPs have reacted with outrage after police confirmed a van stolen with hundreds of pathology test samples was left unlocked, with its keys inside. Merton Police have called off the search for the van, stolen with up to…
UK: Nottinghamshire ambulance service loses more than 40,000 medical records
Peter Blackburn reports: The private medical records of more than 40,000 patients have been lost by the ambulance service for Nottinghamshire. The documents, including names, addresses, contact numbers and details of medical conditions, cover patients attended to by paramedics from September to November 2012. East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) says the floppy disk containing the information…