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Ex-partners of HIV-positive people struggle with privacy rules

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Dissent

Lori Coolican reports: Her first clue came in the form of a phone message at home, from an immunodeficiency clinic at a local hospital. They were looking for her boyfriend. At first, nothing seemed odd about it, because he’d been in hospital for surgery a few months ago. Besides, she was preoccupied over the fact…

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Nurse arrested for disobeying police sues

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Dissent

Courthouse News reports: An emergency room nurse says a cop arrested her for not collecting blood from a suspected drunken driver when asked, the nurse claims in Chicago Federal Court.  Lisa Hofstra says she was the emergency room charge nurse at Illinois Masonic Hospital in Chicago at 4 a.m. on Aug. 1 when a Chicago Police…

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France advises businesses of employee data collection in light of swine flu epidemic

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Dissent

In anticipation of the Swine Flu and the consequences that it may have upon the continuity of the business of companies, the French Data Protection Agency (known under the acronym “CNIL”) recently issued recommendations regarding employers’ collection of employee data in connection with their swine flu business continuity programs. […] Such plans of action may…

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South Africa's plan to make HIV testing compulsory 'breaches patients' human rights'

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Dissent

A controversial plan to make HIV testing compulsory in South Africa has been criticised by campaigners who argue it would breach patients’ human rights. Politicians proposed that anyone visiting a doctor would be automatically tested for the virus. Western Cape health minister Theuns Botha said the system would be a ‘major onslaught’ in the battle…

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UK police want to tag medical records of gun license holders

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Dissent

In a recent news story out of the UK, Barnaby Dracup reported: The shooting community is up in arms over a controversial new proposal to electronically tag medical records of gun licence holders. The British Medical Association (BMA) and Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) have revealed that they are currently discussing ways doctors can…

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Electronic health records open patient privacy questions

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Dissent

Alice Lipowicz reports: A federal advisory panel today heard several proposals about how to best protect patient privacy while creating and sharing electronic health records (EHRs). The Health Information Technology Policy Committee convened to prepare recommendations to the Health and Human Services Department on distributing $19 billion in economic stimulus funding for incentive payments for EHRs…

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