A Vancouver Island doctor who wrote about operating on a dying Canadian soldier in Afghanistan has been censured by the B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons for revealing intimate details about the patient. Dr. Kevin Lee Patterson has admitted that he was guilty of unethical and unprofessional conduct with respect to breaching patient confidentiality, the…
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Google responds: Consumer Watchdog wrong on medical records claim
Google’s response: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 3:12 PM Posted by Pablo Chavez, Senior Policy Counsel Earlier today a group called Consumer Watchdog put out a press release alleging a “rumored lobbying effort” by Google “aimed at allowing the sale of electronic medical records.” This claim — based on no evidence whatsoever — is 100…
Groups push for health IT privacy safeguards
Grant Gross provides more on reactions to the stimulus bill provisions involving IT and privacy: U.S. lawmakers need to make sure privacy safeguards are in place before pushing electronic health records (EHR) on the public, senators and witnesses said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today. Health IT improvements are needed to improve the quality…
DMX 'didn't mean to commit identity fraud'
Embattled rapper DMX “had no intention” of committing identity fraud after checking into an Arizona hospital under a false name last year. He simply wanted to avoid attracting more attention than necessary, according to a former manager. Read more on 13WHAM
Think tank details its ideas for use of health IT records
Andrew Noyes reports on CDT’s statement, reported on this site yesterday. Also: […] Also on Monday, the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association wrote to House Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader Boehner outlining concerns with privacy provisions in stimulus language that passed the Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees last week. Among the group’s concerns…
Consumer Watchdog Calls on Google to Cease Lobbying Effort to Allow Sale of Patient Medical Records; Urges Congress to Adopt Privacy Protections in Economic Stimulus Bill
The non-partisan Consumer Watchdog called on Google today to cease a rumored lobbying effort aimed at allowing the sale of electronic medical records in the current version of the Economic Stimulus legislation. Consumer Watchdog called on Congress to remove loopholes in the ban on the sale of medical records and include other privacy…