Tory Shepherd reports: Privacy fears over Federal Government plans to put personal medical details in a national health database have been ignored and personal information put at risk. An ex-employee of the National E-Health Transition Authority says he quit in disgust after his concerns about the system were ignored. A privacy expert says hackers will…
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FL: Appeals court hears case of pregnant woman ordered to stay at TMH
Portman reports: Does a woman lose her right to make medical decisions for herself when she is pregnant? Can the state effectively treat her as little more than an “incubator,” subject to the total control of her doctor? Those are the key questions raised by attorneys on behalf of a Wakulla County woman whose case…
Medical records often held hostage
Elizabeth Cohen reports: For five days as her husband lay in his hospital bed suffering from kidney cancer, Regina Holliday begged doctors and nurses for his medical records, and for five days she never received them. On the sixth day, her husband needed to be transferred to another hospital, without his complete medical records. “When…
AU: Doctors call for patient privacy protection
A group representing general practitioners has called on the Federal Government to ensure patient confidentiality is maintained when privacy laws are reformed this year. The Government has proposed streamlining the Privacy Act into a national set of principles across the public and private sectors. The move coincides with a widespread increase in the use of…
Comment policy for this site
In recent weeks, a number of individuals have submitted comments that seem intended merely to link to their own site or primarily for the purpose of promoting their own products or sites. The purpose of this site is to increase awareness of personal health information privacy issues and legislation around the world. I spend a…
(follow-up) Would-be AIG extortionist sentenced
Tom Spalding reports: A 28-year-old Indianapolis man was sentenced today to two years in state prison for trying to extort $208,00 from an insurance company after stealing a computer server. Kevin M. Stewart was the first to be prosecuted under a law that makes it a crime to commit extortion with material from a protected…