A Florida man who was a compensated blood plasma donor is suing the firm where he donated blood for sharing his information with a third party firm that sent him text messages urging him to donate again. DCI Biologicals is an FDA-regulated business that has dozens of blood collection centers around the country. Potential donors…
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Hackers Hawk Stolen Health Insurance Information in Detailed Dossiers
Brian Prince reports on what your health insurance plan numbers are worth when packaged with other details about you. Medical ID theft is a growing – and lucrative – market.
Some security experts criticize Blue Cross’ handling of private data
Joseph Neff reports: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina periodically shares the private personal and health information of hundreds of thousands of clients with a third-party company that designs the insurance company’s software system, documents and interviews show. Internal documents obtained by The News & Observer reveal an ongoing discussion within Blue Cross…
Health-related web searches could be tracked, researchers warn
A research letter in JAMA is getting some attention in the news: New research has raised alarm about threats to privacy posed by patients searching for health-related information on the internet. Marco Huesch, a researcher at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, searched for “depression,” “herpes” and “cancer” on various health-related websites and observed…
HIV Patients Refused Medical Privacy by the University of California, in Spite …
It may not violate HIPAA to use a patient’s first and last name when staff call patients to come into the exam room from the waiting room, but it can sure cause privacy problems. Read HIV Patients Refused Medical Privacy by the University of California, in Spite … Here’s the background: Alex went to see his…
“Patient Privacy in a Mobile World – A Framework to Address Privacy Law Issues in Mobile Health“
From the Executive Summary of this new white paper: Amid the rapid growth of mobile network technology and infrastructure throughout the world, especially in low- and middle-income countries, the potential of mobile to support the achievement of health priorities is an area of active exploration and engagement. According to a 2011 World Health Organization report,…