Andy Oram writes: Strange that a conference on health privacy has never been held before, so I’m told. Privacy in health care is the first topic raised whenever someone talks about electronic health records–and dominates the discussion from then on–or, on the other hand, is dismissed as an overblown concern not worthy of criticism. But…
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Ontario health records proposal would breach privacy, experts say
From the Canadian Medical Association Journal: The province of Ontario is contemplating the creation of electronic health records that could include a patient’s psycho-social, financial and legal history, a provincial official has indicated. But so comprehensive and sweeping is the proposed database that privacy and legal experts say they are “appalled” and “stunned.” The province’s…
Another grain of sand in the data breach dunes
It seems that reports of stolen or lost patient records are everywhere these days. Here’s a small item from the public records page of the Lancaster Eagle Gazette in Pennsylvania on June 9: LANCASTER — Someone stole items from a 1998 Saturn SCI belong to a home health aide parked in the 1200 block of…
Sony hackers target NHS computers
Denis Campbell reports: The NHS has been warned to beware of computer hackers after it was targeted by the same group that conducted cyber assaults on Sony and Nintendo. Hospital trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) across England have been alerted to the security breach by Connecting for Health, the Department of Health’s IT branch,…
VA Caribbean Healthcare System to Provide Free Credit Monitoring to Veterans
This was posted on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs web site and dated May 20, 2011: San Juan, PR – The VA Caribbean Healthcare System is notifying and offering one year of free credit monitoring to 1,691 Veterans and staff whose personal information was left unsecured in an unrestricted area of the San Juan…
12 Steps for Surviving an HHS/OCR Privacy Breach Investigation
From their press release: 12 Steps for Surviving an HHS/OCR Privacy Breach Investigation Free Interactive Tool and Checklist for Healthcare Organizations, from ID Experts, Available At http://www2.idexpertscorp.com/breach-tools/ocr-survival-tool/ The U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has been cracking down on its enforcement of the HIPAA/HITECH Privacy, Security and Data…