Note: this is a follow-up to a breach previously described here Susan K. Livio reports: HARTFORD, Ct. — Aetna is alerting nearly 5,000 policy holders in New Jersey and Pennsylvania that it recovered a filing cabinet containing social security numbers and other personal information that it had thrown away when it moved out of an…
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ACLU sues state over police raid on Ketchikan clinic
Jason Lamb reports: The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska says there’s no excuse for the state to violate medical-records privacy laws. The group filed a lawsuit against the state Monday, claiming it ordered a recent police raid of the A Woman’s Place clinic in Ketchikan. The lawsuit says police confiscated about 400 medical records…
UK: Doctors in database boycott threat
Doctors are threatening to boycott the NHS’s electronic patient database amid fears of security breaches. Plans to upload all personal medical records on to a centrally-stored network have been met by controversy since they were announced by the last Government. Now GPs in the North East are fighting the proposals by saying they will not…
FAA Not Adequately Protecting Airmen’s Medical Data
Michael Cheek reports: The Federal Aviation Administration is failing to adequately protect the medical and personal data of airmen, according to a report released recently by the Inspector General. The FAA requires airmen to have their medical and mental fitness certified by a medical professional in order to operate aircraft. However, the FAA, which stores…
UK: Test all pregnant women for smoking, says Nice
Rebecca Smith reports: All pregnant women should be breath tested to determine if they smoke, or if they are exposed to second hand smoke, so the NHS can intervene and help them quit, the Government’s public health watchdog has said. Currently pregnant women are asked if they smoke by midwives and GPs but the National…
How Democrats Killed Medical Privacy in Colorado
This commentary by Mike Krause was written in May, but I just came across it and thought it important enough to post, even late: ….. Take health care in Colorado. Last year, State Rep John Kefalas sponsored legislation that would have laid “the groundwork” for government-controlled health care, a.k.a. single-payer, to all Coloradans by 2011….