Patients could amend their own medical records and leave comments on symptoms, medication and treatment, under radical plans unveiled by the Conservatives today. In a move which could be dubbed “Wiki-health”, a Tory government under David Cameron will allow people to access online health records, which are currently restricted. Patients would be prevented from changing…
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And you thought a prescription was private
More than 10 years after she tried without success to have a baby, Marcy Campbell Krinsk is still receiving painful reminders in her mail. The ads and promotions started after she bought fertility drugs at a pharmacy in San Diego. […] Like many other people, Ms. Krinsk thought that her prescription information was private. But…
AU: Debate needed on patient records
Consumer groups frustrated by the slow pace on e-health are forming a coalition to pressure the federal government to release secret documents and engage in an open debate over plans for a national patient record-sharing system. The Consumer-Centred E-Health Coalition is a response to “government secrecy and lack of consultation” launched by the Australian Privacy…
The Doctor-CIA-Patient privilege?
Can the federal government prevent you from telling your doctor what’s bothering you? Apparently they think they can, even if you are not a federal employee. I was reading a new court opinion (pdf) where the government invoked “state secrets” as a defense. Needless to say, with all the underlying facts not discussed, I have…
RI police, hospital clash over question of privacy
Local police are livid at Rhode Island Hospital because they say officials there hindered a homicide investigation over the weekend by refusing to provide details of a man’s injuries, citing privacy laws. […] In a statement released Tuesday, the hospital said it was merely following the state’s medical privacy law, which is stricter than the…
Judge Orders U. of Louisville Nursing Student Reinstated
A federal judge has ordered the University of Louisville to permit a nursing student who had been expelled for writing blog posts about her patients, gun rights, religion, and other issues to re-enroll. […] The university expelled Ms. Yoder in February, saying she had violated the nursing school’s honor code by identifying herself as a…