Menaka Rao reports: The Silent Observer, the innovative software that is supposed to have helped stem the menace of sex-selective abortions at Kolhapur, violates the right to privacy, said Dr Sanjiv Mani, the joint secretary of Maharashtra State Branch of Indian Radiology and Imaging Association (MSBIRIA). “We are absolutely against female foeticide. But this method,…
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Privacy and use of newborns’ blood samples
Over on Privacy Lives, Melissa Ngo blogs about an issue I’ve discussed a number of times on this blog: the collection, storage, and use/misuse of newborns’ blood samples. Melissa points us to a discussion on Minnesota Public Radio: … On Tuesday, parents, doctors and researchers urged state lawmakers to reject proposed restrictions on Minnesota’s Newborn Screening…
Patient privacy bill to be heard in Augusta
WLBZ in Maine reports: Who should be allowed to see your medical records, besides you and your doctor? That’s the issue behind a bill in the Legislature, L.D. 1337, “An Act To Ensure Patient Privacy and Control with Regard to Health Information Exchanges.” The Maine Civil Liberties Union is teaming up with privacy advocates and…
Florida signs contract to begin long-awaited prescription drug database
Dara Kam reports: Florida’s much-anticipated prescription drug database is finally underway after Department of Health officials on Friday signed off on an order ending the bid dispute that’s held the system at bay for more than a year. Florida Surgeon General Frank Farmer signed the final order Friday securing the contract with Alabama-based Health Information…
Doctor visit text reminders violate patient privacy: Swedish health board
The Swedish health authorities have made a privacy-protective ruling about text messaging patients: Text message reminders for appointments with doctors or dentists may soon be a thing of the past in Sweden. The National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) have found them to be in breach of their rules on patient confidentiality. “It is…
Protecting a Sperm Donor's Privacy in the Digital Age
Alice Crisci writes: Inevitably when I discuss my fertility preservation choice to freeze embryos with donor sperm, I am asked, “Did you get to see his photo?” I respond the same way every time: “Only a baby photo, and I would never want to see a current photo of my donor.” The fertility industry, in…