Steven Price writes in the Media Law Journal: Last August, the BSA upheld a complaint from Dr Stephanie du Fresne, the medical director of a mental health clinic, about an interview with one of her committed patients conducted without the clinic’s knowledge. TV3 News interviewed the woman about her electric shock treatment, which she didn’t…
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E-medicine: It has strong devotees, but privacy issues slow growth of valuable programs
Getahn Ward writes in The Tennessean: With the click of a computer mouse, Nashville businessman Doug Smith can see his personal health records, including medical lab results, and communicate by e-mail with his doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. That access came in handy recently when Smith saw a mention in radiology test results that…
Access to health records bolstered for employers
L. M. Sixel writes in the Houston Chronicle: Medical privacy has been protected for years by the most unlikely guardians: insurance companies. Now, the Texas Legislature has become the first in the nation to force insurance companies to pass along sensitive employee health records to their companies, a practice permitted under federal law. Starting Jan….
Texas computer theft prompts Elliot warning
Shawne K. Wickham writes in the Union Leader: Elliot Health System has notified six patients that their private information may have been compromised after a computer theft last month at one of its vendors. John Shea of New Boston got a letter yesterday from Elliot’s director of compliance, informing him of the theft and possible…
Ex-hospital guard, two others charged in identity theft scheme
The Boston Globe reports: A former security guard at Rhode Island Hospital is accused of stealing identity information of emergency room patients and then opening cell phone accounts at a RadioShack store in Cranston. Michael Bermudez is charged with identity theft along with the store manager, Hector Alvarez, who prosecutors say participated in the scheme….
NH: House kills medical privacy bill
Reported in the New Hampshire Business Review: The New Hampshire House narrowly defeated a bill that would have required additional privacy restrictions on electronic medical records, which hospitals have said were too costly. The bill would have extended the federal privacy rights known as HIPAA to business associates, such as software vendors, and restrict access…