From the March 2008 report’s executive summary: […] Over the past decade, a number of articles, reports, and studies have established that the use of ICTs in healthcare does raise a number of legal questions, but few have looked, in detail, at the extent to which European legislation could provide good answers. The Legally eHealth…
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Privacy concerns (editorial)
Today’s Las Vegas Review-Journal has an editorial about calls for increasing the penalties under HIPAA for snooping in files: […] In the wake of the UCLA scandal, some now want to increase punishments for violating institutions, provide penalties for individual snoopers and force providers to obtain explicit instructions from patients and their families on exactly…
Another good idea with the potential for evil?
Richard Pizzi of Healthcare IT News writes: Researchers have created a set of computer programs that use electronic medical records to detect contagious illnesses and automatically report them to public health departments. The new system, called Electronic Medical Record Support for Public Health, or ESP, was described in the April 11 issue of Morbidity and…
Groups seek to shield minors' Web data
Joseph Menn and Alana Semuels write in the Los Angeles Times: A coalition of medical groups and child advocates called Friday for guidelines that would prevent Internet companies from tracking the behavior of minors online, contending that many adolescents are divulging more than they realize and aren’t digesting complex privacy policies. The American Academy of…
Should Online Ads Be Allowed to Know If You Have AIDS?
Chloe Albanesius writes in PC Magazine: Targeting health conditions like cancer and sexually transmitted diseases would be off-limits to online marketers under new rules proposed by a group of Internet advertisers. Interest groups, however, were skeptical that the rules will go far enough, or that the government will take any meaningful steps to protect consumers…
UK: Government admits security issues remain on electronic health record
Leo King reports in ComputerworldUK: The government has admitted much more work has to be done on patient security and confidentiality concerns, associated with allowing pharmacists access to patient Summary Care Records (SCRs). It said more discussions and assessment had to take place between various health bodies, in order for a decision to be taken…