Meanwhile, in New Zealand, Joelle Dally reports on a case similar in some respects to cases I’ve recently mentioned on this blog involving Northern Inyo Hospital and the Guthrie clinic: The Canterbury District Health Board appears to have reached a deal to avoid legal action over a doctor’s 2007 privacy breach. The case could have…
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Follow-up: Can a clinic be held liable for employee's bad acts?
And speaking of how much a health care facility can do about a rogue employee and whether they are responsible or liable, there is an update to a case I first noted here in 2011 involving a Guthrie Healthcare System clinic in Corning, New York. In that case, a nurse willfully disclosed a patient’s information on…
"Small" breach, big harm.
I recently noted a privacy breach at Northern Inyo Hospital in California. It was one of those “small breaches” (i.e., less than 500 affected) that don’t get reported on HHS’s public-facing breach tool, but it really created distress for its victim. In discussing the breach, I noted my surprise at a statement the patient made…
Update: QxMD fixes privacy problem in Calculate
On October 30, PHIprivacy.net linked to an article on PCMag that described a review of an app, Calculate, by QxMD. The reviewer, Appthority, had found that “the registration and setup sends the doctor information, such as name, e-mail, and location over the network in plaintext,” despite the app’s assurance that all information was encrypted. At the time,…
Final Warning to Anonymous Indonesia From Anonymous Australia re: #OpAustralia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYLq5HpYFwM Well its come to this, Australian Anons have tonight released a video that is set as a final warning to the Indonesian hackers over on going cyber attacks on Australian private sites. Anonymous Australia tonight made the following video explaining that they do not want a cyber war with fellow anons and have once…
You know that blood test your doctor ran as part of your wellness check? The state can subpoena the results.
I came across a case in Texas on FourthAmendment.com that gave me food for thought. From Owens v. State 2013 Tex. App. LEXIS 13767 (Tex. App. – Houston (1st Dist.) November 7, 2013): In State v. Hardy, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that the State’s subpoena of the results of blood tests conducted by private…