A Kansas doctor testified Thursday in a disciplinary hearing that she omitted some details from her medical records for late-term abortion patients because she wanted to protect their privacy. Ann Kristin Neuhaus said she feared abortion opponents might obtain the information and make it public. Read more from Associated Press on KansasCity.com. Keeping minimal or…
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UK: NHS trust signs undertaking after two breaches involving paper records
The Information Commissioner’s Office reports that an undertaking has been signed today by Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. The trust breached the Data Protection Act by losing the personal information of 49 patients in two separate incidents earlier this year. In one case a member of the public found a handover sheet containing names…
UK: NHS trust signs undertaking after two breaches involving paper records
The Information Commissioner’s Office reports that an undertaking has been signed today by Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. The trust breached the Data Protection Act by losing the personal information of 49 patients in two separate incidents earlier this year. In one case a member of the public found a handover sheet containing names and…
WA: Bonney Lake Medical Center Burglary – Medical Info, Insurance Info, and Social Security Numbers Stolen
A Sept. 9 press release/substitute notice from Bonney Lake Medical Center in Washington: Bonney Lake Medical Center was burglarized on August 12, 2011. The thieves broke into the office and stole password-protected computers including a computer server containing patient information. The personal information may have included name, address, Social Security number, insurance information, and medical record….
WA: Bonney Lake Doctor Office Burglarized
A Sept. 9 press release/substitute notice from Bonney Lake Medical Center in Washington: Bonney Lake Medical Center was burglarized on August 12, 2011. The thieves broke into the office and stole password-protected computers including a computer server containing patient information. The personal information may have included name, address, Social Security number, insurance information, and medical record….
New HIPAA rules won’t enhance privacy, but they will burden physicians
Jared M. Rhoads, Director of the Center for Objective Health Policy, comments: Hospitals and physician practices are waiting with bated breath for the final changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to release by the end of the year. One of the new rules could require healthcare…