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Keeping the facts hidden - 25 Mar 2008
Anniston Star (subscription),According to the school's legal counsel, releasing results, even raw numbers, would fail to protect personal medical privacy. It's valid to worry that too
Bad medicine - 25 Mar 2008
Long Beach Press-Telegram,Medical privacy has come under assault lately, especially when it involves celebrities. Staff members and doctors at UCLA Medical Center faced suspension or
Medical privacy puts boy at risk - Mar 19, 2008
Gary Post Tribune,But the lists would get lost, which put the students' medical privacy at risk, Olson said. Now school officials have adopted the policy of nondisclosure
Medical workers violated Spears’ privacy - Mar 18, 2008
The UCLA Daily Bruin,...records violates state and federal medical privacy laws and the hospital is now under investigation by the California Department of Public Health.
SnooperGate: Two Fired Over Illegal Obama Passport Snooping - Mar 21, 2008
InformationWeek,This incident is a mirror image of the events earlier this year that affected the medical privacy of Britney Spears. Just as is the case with the Obama
Practicing Patients - Mar 23, 2008
StarNewsOnline.com,Stigma endures in more material ways, as well — most pointedly in concerns over medical privacy. For decades, our personal health information has been
Online health records raise privacy worries - Mar 3, 2008
Seattle Times,...she's concerned the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — which governs medical privacy — might not cover information stored on Google.
UCLA workers snooped in Spears' medical records - Mar 15, 2008
Los Angeles Times,Such prying is also considered a violation of state and federal laws governing medical privacy. The laws allow for fines of up to $250000, although such
House rejects plea for medical privacy - Mar 12, 2008
Nashua Telegraph,By KEVIN LANDRIGAN Telegraph Staff CONCORD – A strong effort by the hospital and insurance lobbies derailed a Nashua lawmaker's bill, which would have
House kills medical privacy bill - Mar 13, 2008
New Hampshire Business Review,The New Hampshire House narrowly defeated a bill that would have required additional privacy restrictions on electronic medical records, which hospitals
- Mar 12, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights: What: A consumer
Consumer Advocate Speaks Out Against Bill Allowing Invasions of ... - Mar 12, 2008
Earthtimes,A consumer advocate will speak out against proposed legislation that would create a loophole in existing law which bars the sharing of private medical
Access to health records bolstered for employers - Mar 15, 2008
Houston Chronicle,..."I'm an employer, and I review new medical plans periodically," said Mithoff, who represents individuals in cases where medical privacy has been an issue.
Strengthen medical privacy laws - Mar 2, 2008
Concord Monitor,By REP. CINDY ROSENWALD When George Clooney was injured in New Jersey last October, dozens of hospital employees gained access to his medical records and
Google unveils personal medical record service - Feb 28, 2008
Scientific AmericanBy tackling medical privacy, Google also stands to benefit in finance and other areas where sensitive data is stored.
Street medicine's hard choices - Mar 23, 2008
Los Angeles Times,Seeing that my previously spurned efforts were now welcome, I gave Michael (medical privacy rules don't allow me to use his full name) an antifungal cream,
Precious, yes, but privacy also demands a dose of sense - Mar 5, 2008
The Virginian-Pilot,HIPAA - the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - is the government's ham-handed effort to safeguard our medical privacy.
Hospital Workers Fired for Peeking into Britney’s Medical Records - Mar 15, 2008
eFluxMediaPrying into a patient’s confidential records is also considered a violation of state and federal laws concerning medical privacy. The fines for this kind of
Experts Raise Privacy, Security Concerns About Online PHR Program ... - Feb 25, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),The federal medical privacy rule issued after the enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act does not cover medical records placed
Hospital Workers Fired Due To Spears' Care - Mar 18, 2008
E Canada Now,Medical privacy is apparently intact, even for Britney Spears. The employees apparently took a closer look at Spears' confidential medical records.
Even celebs are entitled to health privacy - Mar 21, 2008
Los Angeles Daily News,BRITNEY Spears might not elicit much public sympathy, but she has good reason to be upset about having her privacy violated during her January stay at UCLA
Privacy threatened by doping probe: AMA - Mar 14, 2008
ABC Online,LISA MILLAR: Doctors are warning that anti-doping investigators are setting a bad precedent by trawling through the medical records of athletes.
Hospital Workers Fired for Snooping on Spears - Mar 17, 2008
New York Times,Ms. Spears’s medical privacy rights have been the subject of much discussion ever since Philip McGraw, also know as TV’s Dr. Phil, commented on the star
California Expands Its Data Breach Notification Law to Include ... - Feb 25, 2008
Atlantic Information Services, Inc.,A second aspect of AB 1298 expands the state's medical privacy law to apply to a broader range of technology companies that now are beginning to offer
Privacy Concerns Rise over Google Health Program - Mar 3, 2008
eFluxMediaShe expressed her concerns over the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which governs medical privacy, but which might not cover
Inmate Refuses To Leave Cell For 9 Months - Mar 24, 2008
NewsChannel5.com,The 1200-bed prison is operated by Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America, which declined to comment about the case because of medical privacy
Child treated for fractured skull - Mar 22, 2008
phillyBurbs.com,...their mother were not released by police Friday. Police said they did not have any official information on the girl's condition due to medical privacy laws.
Pacemakers can be hacked, study finds - Mar 12, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,Medical devices such as pacemakers are vulnerable to attacks by hackers, who could gain access to a patient's private details or reprogram their device and
Heather Doctor -- Why He Feared Suicide - Mar 13, 2008
TMZ.com,Medical privacy issue. I live in the same community as she does and I hope she sues the pants off them. As for the shrink? Hope she fires his a$$. 4.
Implanted Devices May Expose Patients to Security, Privacy Risks ... - Mar 12, 2008
Newswise (press release)Newswise — Some medical devices such as implantable cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are now equipped with wireless technology, allowing for remote
Hospital says Britney's Medical Confidentiality Violated - Mar 17, 2008
LiveDaily.comHowever, merely looking at the confidential records is a violation of state and federal medical privacy laws and the state Department of Public Health has
Google Medical Records Raise Privacy Concerns - Feb 28, 2008
dBTechno,Boston (dbTechno) - Google is working with the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio to start up a pilot program to store patient health records online.
Hospital to Fire Workers in Spears Case - Mar 14, 2008
The Associated PressStill, such snooping is a violation of state and federal medical privacy laws and the state Department of Public Health had opened an investigation of the
States steadily close public access to information - Mar 18, 2008
Coos Bay World,Concerns about identity theft, medical privacy and the vulnerability of computerized records have sparked many pieces of legislation, too.
Hospital Staff Sacked for Snooping Spears’ Medical Records - Mar 15, 2008
Enews 2.0,However, the staff’s action is a violation of state and federal medical privacy law, due to the fact that under federal law only doctors and medical staff
Massive Firing -- You Can't Do Dat to Brit! - Mar 14, 2008
TMZ.com,Hospitals and doctors do not respect HIPAA or medical privacy. 5. As cool as it would be to see that, this is just wrong. Thats as personal as it gets.
Consumer Group Opposes California Pharmaceutical Marketing Bill as ... - Mar 5, 2008
California Progress Report,The California Progress Report is published by Frank D. Russo, a longtime observer of and participant in California politics. Got a news tip?
State health officials have no business sitting on cancer data - Mar 16, 2008
The News Journal,...virus suddenly broke out in Dover, the Division of Public Health wouldn't tell residents about it because it might invade someone's medical privacy?
Woman blasts BVH for rape exam delay - Mar 14, 2008
Findlay Courier,The woman declined a Courier request Friday to waive her medical privacy rights about the matter, a waiver that hospital officials said was necessary for
Stein won't allow panel vote on immigration bill - Mar 22, 2008
Kentucky.com,...would be exempt from the requirement. Stein said she is waiting on an attorney general's opinion on whether the measure violates medical privacy laws.
“Panty-Sniffing� Kansas AG Thwarted - Mar 4, 2008
FeministeAnd, by damn, if that means invading their medical privacy — as well as the medical privacy of every other patient at the clinic — then, by gum,
Big I-5 crash snarls traffic for hours - Mar 17, 2008
The Columbian,The rescue took about a half-hour. The man’s name wasn’t available due to federal medical privacy laws that apply when a fire department provides medical care.
Lodi officer recovering after shooting self - Mar 12, 2008
Lodi News-Sentinel,The officer's name was not released because the incident is considered an industrial work-related accident and is subject to medical privacy laws,
National and world news briefs - Mar 15, 2008
The Wenatchee World Online,Still, such snooping is a violation of state and federal medical privacy laws. When employees access a patient's records electronically, they leave an
Snooping on Spears costs hospital workers - Mar 17, 2008
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,Such snooping is a violation of state and federal medical privacy laws, and the California Department of Public Health has opened an investigation of the
Massachusetts wants universal use of electronic medical records - Mar 4, 2008
Food Consumer,...provider to build the nation's first online medical information system, prompting many consumers to worry about the prospects of their medical privacy.
Google Health is here — or is it? - Feb 28, 2008
The Industry Standard,Third-party systems such as Google’s aren’t regulated by federal medical-privacy laws, giving vendors like Google plenty of freedom to, for instance,
Employers more often dictating off-work behavior - Mar 10, 2008
The News Journal,As for the wellness programs, even these can raise the risk of invading medical privacy, attorneys say. And in any case, companies clearly are acting with
Google To Announce Web Site To Allow Storage of Personal Health ... - Feb 28, 2008
Kaiser network.org,...federal medical privacy rule issued after the enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act does not cover records stored online.
Immigration bill dies in House panel - Mar 22, 2008
Louisville Courier-Journal,...but said she has asked for an attorney general's opinion on whether some of its provisions violate the constitution and federal medical privacy rules.
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