Papers that contained protected health information on two patients from a Russellville hospital was found along a Little Rock interstate. A call into Today’s THV Wednesday morning launches an investigation within St. Mary’s Medical Center in Russellville, as to how two of their patients personal records reportedly ended up on I-30 Little Rock more than…
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UK: When password sharing puts patient data at risk
Tony Collins writes: The British Medical Association in Scotland has today called for tougher safeguards to protect the confidentiality of electronic patient records. It comes as members of the Scottish Parliament prepare to debate a report of the Health Committee on Clinical Portal Technology and Telehealth. The BMA says that patient information accessible through clinical portals may be available outside the NHS, possibly to…
Privacy Key Obstacle to Adopting Electronic Health Records, Study Finds
The United States could achieve significant health care savings if it achieved widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), but insufficient privacy protections are hindering public acceptance of the EHR concept, according to a new paper from researchers from North Carolina State University. The paper outlines steps that could be taken to boost privacy and…
Library of Parliament Legislative Summary of Amendments to Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
The Library of Parliament recently published a legislative summary of Bill C-29: An Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act(PIPEDA). […] “Bill C-29 adds several new definitions to PIPEDA. It preserves the existing definition of personal information as ‘information about an identifiable individual,’ but removes the wording excluding the names and coordinates…
The Death of Medical Privacy
Arie Friedman, MD writes: As I have read through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA, aka ObamaCare), I have been repeatedly struck by the disregard the law has for patient privacy. Time and time again, the PPACA authorizes the federal government to obtain information about patients directly from their health care…
FGCU admissions rule allows for rejection based on student’s health
Leslie Williams Hale reports: At the intersection of health privacy laws and student privacy laws in Florida stand the students themselves. Before a student in Florida can sign up for classes, he or she must provide a medical history to the state university. That medical history is often a simple list of required vaccinations. However…