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Ca: Windsor obstetrician warns of privacy breach

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Dissent

Dalson Chen reports: A Windsor obstetrician is warning her patients of a possible privacy breach four months after a computer full of sensitive information was stolen from her office. In a public notice that appeared in The Star on Wednesday, Dr. Shobhana Patel said a break-in this summer resulted in the loss of a computer…

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Stealth Attack on abortion rights: what you need to know

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Dissent

I realize not everyone will agree with me, but I see the abortion rights issue as a privacy issue and one of the confidential relationship between doctor and patient. The ACLU has posted a great graphic by Jen Sorensen on the stealth attack on abortion rights that I am reproducing here with their permission (click on…

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Court Overturns Presuit Patient Authorization Requirement Under Florida Medical Malpractice Statute

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Dissent

Anne C. Foster writes: On September 25, 2013, the Northern District Court of Florida, Tallahassee Division, ruled that Florida Statute § 766.1065 violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) by requiring a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action to deliver a presuit authorization which allows the defending medical professionals to conduct ex…

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Your prescription history is their business

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Dissent

Legal, but intrusive and creepy? David Lazarus reports: Think you can keep a medical condition secret from life insurers by paying cash for prescription meds? Think again. A for-profit service called ScriptCheck exists to rat you out regardless of how diligent you are in trying to keep a sensitive matter under wraps. ScriptCheck, offered by…

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Is your doctor spying on your tweets? Social media raises medical privacy questions

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Dissent

Art Caplan poses an interesting ethical question: A friend recently brought to my attention a disturbing question from a psychiatrist working with a transplant team: Should she be checking the sobriety claims of liver transplant candidates by looking on their Twitter and other social media sites? That question merits discussion because it’s clear both doctors…

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Medical Start-up Invited Millions Of Patients To Write Reviews They May Not Realize Are Public. Some Are Explicit. (update2)

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Dissent

Update: Practice Fusion responded to the Forbes story. See the Comments section below for a link to their statement. Kashmir Hill writes: Medical records start-up Practice Fusion has attracted a whopping $134 million in venture capital thanks to its appealing business model: it offers 100,000 (and counting) medical types free, web-based patient  management services.  The doctors get…

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