Annual Medical Report comments on the New York Times article about the sale of prescription data: However, the New York Times article failed to mention prescription data providers Ingenix, owned by UnitedHealth Group Inc., and Milliman, Inc. For example, one of Milliman, Inc.’s information exchange products, IntelliScript, is: “a data aggregation service that provides individual…
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AU: Debate needed on patient records
Consumer groups frustrated by the slow pace on e-health are forming a coalition to pressure the federal government to release secret documents and engage in an open debate over plans for a national patient record-sharing system. The Consumer-Centred E-Health Coalition is a response to “government secrecy and lack of consultation” launched by the Australian Privacy…
Jackson Memorial worker stole patient records, sold them to lawyer
<blockquote>Ambulance chasing just took a reckless turn — at the intersection of healthcare and the law. A Miami man was charged Thursday with buying confidential patient records from a Jackson Memorial Hospital employee over the past two years, and selling them to a lawyer suspected of soliciting the patients to file personal-injury claims. Ruben E….
FBI: Two stole Jackson Memorial patient records, sold them to lawyer
Ambulance chasing just took a reckless turn — at the intersection of healthcare and the law. A Miami man was charged Thursday with buying confidential patient records from a Jackson Memorial Hospital employee over the past two years, and selling them to a lawyer suspected of soliciting the patients to file personal-injury claims. Ruben E….
Imperial breaches the DPA
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest NHS organisation to be required to sign an undertaking not to breach the Data Protection Act by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The undertaking says six laptops were stolen in two burglaries at St Mary’s Hospital, one of which was unencrypted even though it held patient…
Imperial breaches the DPA
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest NHS organisation to be required to sign an undertaking not to breach the Data Protection Act by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The undertaking says six laptops were stolen in two burglaries at St Mary’s Hospital, one of which was unencrypted even though it held patient details….