Ryan Abbott reports: The parents of a Virginia Tech student who committed suicide say the school failed to follow protocol to protect students after the April 2007 mass killing there. His parents say Daniel Kim, 21, told friends he was “ashamed of being Asian” and was afraid he resembled Seung-Hui Cho, who shot 27 students…
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Doctors fear privacy sold in HealthNet sale
Rob Varnon reports: Doctors fighting United Health Group’s takeover of HealthNet of the Northeast are demanding an investigation to see if the privacy rights of thousands of Connecticut residents are being violated by the deal. The Connecticut State Medical Society said Tuesday it has asked state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to investigate whether the $510…
Pointer: More Answers About Law Amending HIPAA Rules
Donna Vanderpool, M.B.A., J.D., assistant vice president, risk management, at Professional Risk Management Services Inc. (PRMS), has an article in the January 15th issue of Psychiatric News (Volume 45, Number 2, Page 9), “More Answers About Law Amending HIPAA Rules.” The article is available free in full-text version online.
‘Loose Lips’ Can Get HIPAA Covered Entities in Trouble, Now That Verbal Gaffes Must be Reported to HHS
Reprinted from REPORT ON PATIENT PRIVACY, the industry’s most practical source of news on HIPAA patient privacy provisions. The caseworker probably thought she was doing the right thing by sharing with the patient’s daughter that the woman had become increasingly paranoid. But when the daughter confronted the mother with knowledge of her decline, the mother…
AU: National E-Health Plan Plagued by Privacy Concerns
Ketan Mukherjee writes: The Rudd Government has not been able to calm the fears and concerns that are currently plaguing people with regards to the patient privacy and data security risks which could be related to the planned Healthcare Identifiers routine. Consumer and industry groups are now warning that the draft Bill is very “flawed”….
FTC: Health Breach Notification Rule
From the FTC: Does your business or organization have a website that allows people to maintain their medical information online? Do you provide applications for personal health records – say, a device that allows people to upload readings from a blood pressure cuff or pedometer into their personal health record? The American Recovery and Reinvestment…