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Joe Jackson has taken one step forward in his quest to file a wrongful death suit following the passing of his superstar son last June. In papers obtained by RadarOnline.com the Superior Court of California ruled on Friday that Joe be allowed access to Michael Jackson’s medical records, something that the singer’s Estate had fought…

Brendon Nafziger reports: Australians are set to get a health ID number, laying the groundwork for a national electronic health records system. Introduced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s Labor government February 10, the legislation calls for all Australian residents to receive a special 16-digit code, called an Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI). The number, while mandatory,…

The Associated Press reports: Records of how emergency medical services respond to calls could again be open to public inspection in South Carolina. A state Senate panel on Thursday will take up a bill that makes it clear those records are public information. Sen. Harvey Peeler two years ago pushed legislation through that the state…

John Leyden reports: The UK’s Department of Health has taken the highly unusual step of suddenly taking a doctors’ appraisal website offline for three weeks over concerns it was vulnerable to hacking attacks. The NHS Appraisal Toolkit was taken down on Tuesday (9 February) and is not expected to return until 3 March. The site…

Dom Nicastro reports: HHS’ “harm threshold” standard in its interim final rule on breach notification will prevent healthcare organizations from overwhelming patients with unnecessary breach notification responses, according to providers who work with privacy and security. At the 18th annual National HIPAA Summit Friday, Judi Hofman, CAP, CHP, CHSS, privacy/information security officer for Cascade Healthcare…