The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in close cooperation with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), is conducting a study of the “Confidentiality and Privacy Issues Related to Psychological Testing Data.” This study was specifically called for in section 13424 of the Health Information Technology…
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Colorado gets first victims advocate for ID theft cases
David Migoya reports on how Colorado received a grant to have an ID theft victims’ advocate within law enforcement itself so that people can be referred to someone who can assist them. Read more about it The Denver Post
House bill asks states to link drug databases
Kathryn Foxhall reports: Legislation now before the House would renew federal grant funding for state prescription drug monitoring networks, but would demand more interoperability among the systems. Thirty-three states have Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs), which are statewide databases for tracking records of dispensed controlled substances. Another 10 have provisions authorizing such systems. Read more…
Do Egyptian mummies have a right to privacy?
Okay, I’ve occasionally blogged about the right to privacy for the deceased, so this article by Jo Marchant in New Scientist really caught my eye. Here’s how it begins: Should we consider the privacy or reputation of the individual when analysing an Egyptian mummy? The assumption that ancient corpses are fair game for science is…
UK: Government presses ahead with Summary Care Records despite privacy threats
Ian Grant reports: The government is to press ahead with its controversial patient summary care record, but the details of what it will contain will be known only later this month. This was revealed by the Department of Health’s director general for informatics, Christine Connelly on Thursday. The summary care record (SCR) is a centralised…
Porn, Privacy, HIPAA – Redux
Attorney Michael Fattorosi writes: In February, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation took their fight against AIM and the adult industry to the authorities of the federal Office for Civil Rights, a federal agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that enforces HIPAA, the California Office of Health Information Integrity enforcement Unit and Los…