From the Center for Democracy and Technology: As “Health 2.0” tools – such as healthcare apps on smartphones – become more common, it’s increasingly important for both developers and patients using these tools to learn how HIPAA protects patient medical data. Yet it is not entirely clear how HIPAA intersects with many emerging services that…
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Oak Ridge doctor defends cavity search in trial of man whom he paralyzed for exam
Jamie Satterfield reports: When it came to the extraordinary move to paralyze an Anderson County man to search his body for drugs, this doctor didn’t hesitate. “That exam was going to occur with or without his consent,” Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Dr. Michael LaPaglia testified Tuesday in U.S. District Court. Now, Felix Booker’s…
UK: Patients are "misled" over confidentiality of health e-records, say Oxford researchers
Tony Collins reports: Researchers from Oxford University say that patients are not being adequately informed about possible secondary uses of their medical data for research and are “misled about the level of anonymisation of their data and the likelihood of re-identification” The criticism is in a paper, “The limits of anonymisation in NHS data systems” which was published…
Cal.6th: There is a federal constitutional right of privacy in medical and psychiatric records
From FourthAmendment.com: There is a Griswold constitutional right of privacy in medical and psychiatric records which can only be disclosed when there is a compelling state interest, which the court finds here in a SVP [Sexually Violent Predator] case. People v. Gonzales, 2011 Cal. App. LEXIS 91 (6th Dist. January 27, 2011) Read more on FourthAmendment.com. From the…
Canadian woman denied entry to U.S. because of suicide attempt (Updated)
Wow. A reader sent me a link to a news story by Isabel Teotonio that is disturbing, to say the least: When Lois Kamenitz arrived at Pearson International Airport in November, hoping to board a flight to California, she was stunned to learn that U.S. border officials were barring her entry. The reason: Years ago, she…
More on Peoria law enforcement's request to fingerprint people picking up prescriptions
Jamie Ross of Courthouse News had some coverage today of the proposal by Peoria, Arizona police to require that citizens be fingerprinted at pharmacies for certain prescriptions. I had blogged about their proposal last month as being a serious privacy invasion of the majority to prevent abuse of certain medications by the minority. The law…