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Susan K. Livio reports: A psychologists group is suing two insurance companies and an administrative agency that serve 800,000 state employees, saying they are routinely demanding therapists hand over confidential patient information as a condition of getting paid. The New Jersey Psychological Association accuses the state Health Benefits Commission, along with Horizon Blue Cross Blue…

Aha! I’ve been waiting to find this on the Internet and thanks to MesoRx, I’ve found it: I agree with Millard Baker completely. Every time I see that ad run on TV I wonder if GE realizes that it’s ad backfires somewhat. Yes, it demonstrates the virtue of having one’s medical records available quickly, but…

Mary Ann Roser reports: An Austin lawyer threatened to pursue a new federal lawsuit Monday after learning that some newborn blood samples in Texas went to the U.S. military for potential use in a database for law enforcement purposes. The Department of State Health Services never mentioned the database to Jim Harrington, director of the…

Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner and the province are investigating a Regina woman’s complaint that she’s being forced to pay to access her health records after they were shipped out of province when her doctor closed her medical practice. […] A Docudavit spokesperson told CBC News that the doctor did the right thing by shipping the records…

When HITECH was passed as part of the stimulus bill, it introduced new data breach notification requirements, including a requirement that breaches of unsecured personal health information held by covered entities or their business associates affecting more than 500 individuals be reported to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The requirement was somewhat…

Too good not to share and another reason to check XKCD every day: