Andis Robeznieks reports: Discussions over taxing cosmetic medical procedures such as Botox injections led to a new law in Colorado that limits the state Department of Revenue’s ability to audit personal medical information, and has set in motion a process to further strengthen medical privacy safeguards. Rep. Dianne Primavera, a cancer survivor and Democratic chairwoman of the state House…
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Penn State U. – Hershey Patient Info Security Breach
Penn State Hershey Medical Center is notifying 1,801 patients that their health information could potentially be accessed by people not involved in their care. The medical center says the information is related to a type of test ordered by its women’s health or family medicine doctors and other medical offices in the community that use Penn…
UK: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals breach patient data
The personal details of 1,000 patients have been accidentally released by a hospital trust to two research companies, it has been revealed. The data breach by Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals included patient NHS numbers and ethnicity details. The information has been revealed by a BBC Radio Berkshire Freedom of Information request to the trust….
CA: State pharmacy controlled substance database doesn’t violate patients’ privacy rights
FourthAmendment.com informs us: A patient does not have a substantial enough state constitutional privacy right to overcome the public interest in making prescription controlled substances records inspections at pharmacies. Pharmacies are highly regulated, and there are sufficient other general protections of patient information. Reporting sales of controlled substances through the state database (CURES) is not,…
Blistering audit reveals Illinois DHS failed to protect confidential patient information
AP reports: A state audit has found that Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration left behind tractors, a forklift, computers, and confidential patient and employee records when it closed three Department of Human Services facilities. The report by Auditor General William Holland — released Thursday — says officials failed to follow proper inventory and shut-down procedures when…
OH: Bay Park Hospital notifies patients of health information breach
Jiselle Mack reports: ProMedica Bay Park Hospital is notifying more than 500 patients of a privacy breach of protected health information. According to a news release from ProMedica, an internal investigation revealed a previous employee accessed records of patients that were not directly under the employee’s treatment from April 1, 2013 to April 1, 2014….