The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is seeking to fast-track the rollout of a new process that state health insurance exchanges will use to report–within one hour–information security incidents. With the exchanges expected to open on October 1, CMS has submitted a request for an emergency review of the new reporting system from the…
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Data Protection audits in the NHS
Jon Baines writes that the results of a small survey involving junior doctors at two general district hospitals may be so concerning as to require compulsory ICO audits: all NHS bodies are required to comply with the comprehensive and demanding IG Toolkit and in my experience there are some extremely skilled and dedicated people working in the…
Attorney General Abbott Raises Privacy Concerns with HHS Rules Governing Obamacare’s ‘Navigator’ Program
Texas Attorney General Abbott issued the following statement after joining a coalition of state attorneys general who wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius expressing concerns about Obamacare’s impending “navigator” program: “Over the next few weeks, the Obama administration plans to dole out millions of taxpayer dollars to so-called ‘navigators’…
Immortal cells, immortal life, and persisting questions of ethics and privacy
There are times when I wish I was still teaching so that I could share an extraordinary case with psychology students and enjoy their reactions as they are challenged to think. Over the decade that I spent teaching undergraduate and graduate students, I had a handful of books that I would use to introduce and…
UK: Your confidential medical records for sale… at just £1: Hunt insists plan to sell details to private firms is vital to combat epidemics – but critics fear 'unprecedented' privacy threat
More on a government plan to allow private companies to purchase patient data from the NHS without patient knowledge or consent. Stephen Adams reports: A secret plan to sell confidential medical records to private companies for as little as £1 has been drawn up by officials. From next month, GPs will start sending detailed NHS…
CVS thinks $50 is enough reward for giving up healthcare privacy
David Lazarus reports on a rewards program that made me shudder when I read this story: Since February, CVS Caremark has been pushing its pharmacists to enroll customers in a prescription-drug rewards program. The benefit to customers is the opportunity to earn up to $50 a year in store credits that can be used to…