HHS/OCR’s web site reveals three more breaches that were never reported in mainstream media: The Long Island Consultation Center in New York is a private mental health clinic providing outpatient psychiatric services. According to an alert on their web site: On May 24, a computer device was reported missing from a secured area at LICC….
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Pointer: FAQ on the Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Rules: Part Two
Tanya Forsheit writes: This post is Part Two of my FAQ on the proposed modifications to the HIPAA Rules issued by HHS last week. Part One can be found here. Part Two focuses on the proposed modifications to the Privacy Rule. Read Part Two on InformationLawGroup.
MI: EMT Not Required to Report Abuse Suspicions
Jeff Gorman of Courthouse News reports: An emergency medical technician was not required to report his suspicions that a co-worker had sexually molested a suicidal teenage girl in the back of their ambulance, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled. Timothy O’Connell was the driver, and Matt DiFillippo was the EMT in the back. O’Connell did…
Top 50 Sites to Learn About Information Privacy
HealthTechTopia lists this site among its Top 50 Sites to Learn About Information Privacy. Thanks!
Ca: Rulings suggest laws on privacy badly outdated
Rather than pussyfoot around the issue, the provincial government should address the concerns raised by Information and Privacy Commissioner Gary Dickson in the wake of arbitrators reinstating workers in two health regions who’d been fired for breaching the privacy of patient records. In both cases, the employees worked with medical records, were specifically trained on…
Medical privacy at risk in Georgia
Attorney David E. Clark comments: Doctor-patient confidentiality is something we all rely on. The problem is, it’s not the law in Georgia. If you go to the hospital after an allergic reaction to an illegal drug, or even someone else’s prescribed Vicodin, you have a choice: Tell the doctor what drug you took, and maybe…