I realize not everyone will agree with me, but I see the abortion rights issue as a privacy issue and one of the confidential relationship between doctor and patient. The ACLU has posted a great graphic by Jen Sorensen on the stealth attack on abortion rights that I am reproducing here with their permission (click on…
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Update on AHMC laptop theft: arrest warrant issued
Associated Press reports that an arrest warrant has been for a transient who police say stole two laptop computers from AHMC that contained SSN and personal information of 729,000 patients. Update: Christopher Lee Brown has been arrested.
NZ: Surrogate mother disgusted by hospital staff snooping in her records and not getting fired
A few days ago, I noted a privacy breach that left the victim considering moving out of the area. Here’s yet another insider privacy breach involving a hospital where the affected patient is considering moving. Michelle Duff reports: Hutt Hospital receptionists nosed through the medical notes of a surrogate mother 20 times but were allowed…
Is your doctor spying on your tweets? Social media raises medical privacy questions
Art Caplan poses an interesting ethical question: A friend recently brought to my attention a disturbing question from a psychiatrist working with a transplant team: Should she be checking the sobriety claims of liver transplant candidates by looking on their Twitter and other social media sites? That question merits discussion because it’s clear both doctors…
TX: Two Grand Prairie Men Convicted of Health Care Fraud
The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas released the following statement this past week: A federal jury has convicted two local men on conspiracy and health care fraud charges related to their operation of a physician house call company in North Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of…
TX: Former Co-Owner of RGV DME Biller Sentenced to Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud Scheme
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott released the following statement this past week: The co-owner of a now defunct McAllen area durable medical equipment (DME) business and a former medical biller have been ordered to prison for their roles in a conspiracy and scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid through fraudulent billings, United States Attorney Kenneth…