Sarah Rubenstein writes in the Wall Street Journal: In a development that consumer groups say raises privacy issues, a growing number of hospitals are mining patients’ personal financial information to figure out how likely they are to pay their bills. Some hospitals are peering into patients’ credit reports, which contain information on people’s lines of…
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Electronic health records touted
Dennis E. Curran writes in the Wyoming Business Report: A team of federal health officials visited Wyoming today to tout the economic and health advantages of using electronic health records and to urge Wyoming to apply for inclusion in a new electronic health records demonstration project. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the…
LA court rules on computer search in Anna Nicole Smith drug probe
Raquel Maria Dillon of the Associated Press writes: A Los Angeles judge has issued a ruling on a search of a computer seized from a psychiatrist in an investigation of drug prescriptions issued to Anna Nicole Smith after her overdose death last year. An attorney for Dr. Khristine Eroshevich sought Monday to have the computer…
States of Guernsey: A serious breach
Seen on the ThisIsGuernsey web site: A MAJOR security flaw left exposed the whole of the States internet system and put at risk personal data belonging to individuals in a care home. At this stage, it is not known whether there has been any malicious access to the information.What was a catastrophe waiting to happen…
Our P2P Investigation Turns Up Business Data Galore
Avi Baumstein writes in InformationWeek: Are peer-to-peer networks really filled with sensitive corporate data just waiting to be plucked and abused? It seems unlikely–surely people wouldn’t be that sloppy. Like a 19th century prospector, I decided to dip my pan into the stream to see what I could find. The results were shocking and scary–loads…
California bill aims to open medical records
Dan Abendschein writes: Pharmaceutical companies could gain access to medical records to send reminders to patients to refill prescriptions, if a state bill is passed. The bill, SB 1096, was introduced by state Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello. It allows pharmaceutical companies to purchase the information from the pharmacies that serve individual patients. But it does…