Lynn Sessions and Cory Fox write: Recently, the Federation of State Medical Boards (“the Federation”) released its Model Policy Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Social Media and Social Networking in Medical Practice (“Guidelines”). The Guidelines are intended to address how physicians can utilize social media to facilitate patient care while still maintaining the privacy and confidentiality…
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Bulgarian police slammed over breach of patient rights
Police in Sofia have been requesting personal data of all methadone patients in the city, ostensibly as part of an investigation into pharmacy robberies, reports in Bulgarian media said on November 1. The reports drew a sharp reaction from human rights watchdog Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, which said that the Sofia police information requests were illegal…
Still in the dark, but the blog's getting updated
I’m not in the 1% on wealth. I’m not in the 47% who reportedly don’t pay federal taxes. I am, however, among those who still have no power or light thanks to the incompetence and mismanagement of Long Island Power. I hope Governor Cuomo and my county do something about LIPA’s ignoring our towns for…
A Sandy-induced hiatus
Well, we made it through super-storm Sandy, but 90% of my area has been without power and current predictions are that it will be 10 days to get power, phone, cable back. Ugh. I drove 20 miles just to borrow a connection to post this. Double-ugh. I’ll be back when I can.
What sense can we make of some statistics?
Here’s a useful example of why my eyes glaze over at times when trying to make sense of breach statistics. Tim Smith of the Greenville News recently reported: South Carolina state agencies and businesses over a three-year period reported dozens of computer security breaches that potentially could affect at least 410,000 people, a report obtained…
It's a puzzlement
Over on HIPAA, HITECH, & HIT, Michael Kline wonders why a third breach involving Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary flew under the media radar and why it hasn’t appeared on HHS’s breach tool. Both are good questions. Certainly there’s an interest in wrong-doing by insiders in the healthcare sector, and this blog has reported numerous instances…