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AU: Patients' privacy put under threat

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Dissent

Anna Caldwell reports: The private details of Queensland Health patients are at risk of being lost or stolen and there are inadequate plans to deal with a major security breach. But the troubled department is racing to implement computerised medical records. The Auditor-General’s report into information systems governance and control has identified gaps in protocol…

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Aetna recovers personal information of N.J. policy holders thought to have been discarded

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Dissent

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

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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UK: Doctors in database boycott threat

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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FAA Not Adequately Protecting Airmen’s Medical Data

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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UK: Test all pregnant women for smoking, says Nice

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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