Zack McMillin reports: The letter arrived in mailboxes from a woman who has cultivated respect in Memphis and around the country for her work treating women with breast cancer, saving lives and easing suffering with innovative approaches to treatment. Dr. Christine Mroz wrote about her husband Joe Baier’s campaign to join the Shelby County Board…
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Ca: Foundations can appeal to donors via privacy law
Some people are not too happy about some of the recent changes to PHIA that would give charitable and research foundations your information so they could solicit funds from you. A change to medical privacy laws designed to help patients and families get better access to medical records will also help hospital foundations get better…
(Follow-up) Governor denounces security flaw
Tim Carpenter reports: Gov. Mark Parkinson said Friday several state agencies were complying with an edict to reform a program that for decades allowed inmates in the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections to access personal information of citizens. He said new safeguards were being put in place at the Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas…
Fairfield Woman Claims Gene Discrimination After Breast-Cancer Test
Matthew Sturdevant reports: In a case that raises concerns about the handling of genetic and medical information, a Fairfield woman has filed a discrimination complaint after she had a voluntary double-mastectomy, then lost her job. Pamela K. Fink had the surgery last October after genetic tests suggested that she was at risk for breast cancer….
Proposal: All New Yorkers Become Organ Donors
Organ donation has become a vital way to save lives around the world, but a vast shortage of donors continues to mean people are losing their lives while on waiting lists. But there is a unique proposal that could change all that. New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky nearly lost his daughter, Willie, at 4…
OH: Nurse Accused Of Using Patient Information To Obtain Painkillers
A nurse was out of a job on Wednesday, after she was under criminal investigation, accused of stealing a patient’s identity and using it to obtain narcotics. Stacy Whisner was fired from the Stoneridge Clinic in Dublin, a facility associated with the Ohio State University’s James Cancer Clinic, 10TV’s Lindsey Seavert reported. Police said Whisner,…