6 Sep 2010 Seen at American Medical News: An ex-employee of health plan Humana pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining patient information to get prescription painkillers for himself. Jason Browning, 28, of LaGrange, Ky., admitted to illegally obtaining personal information on four Humana members then submitting the data to a pharmacy to obtain prescriptions in their names. He pleaded [...]
6 Sep 2010 In a bid to protect physician privacy, the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) is calling for the creation of a nonjudgemental, voluntary and confidential reporting system for the personal health information of its 78 500 member physicians. Some regulatory colleges and an increasing number of hospitals have, under the auspices of protecting the public, recently [...]
5 Sep 2010 Clay Calvert, Professor & Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication and Director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, has an article in the Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy. Here’s how the article begins: “I just killed my two kids. . . . I drowned them. . [...]
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5 Sep 2010 Jonny Greatrex reports: Bungling Midland medics have lost the personal records of nearly 12,000 NHS patients in just eight months, the Sunday Mercury can reveal. The incredible data loss includes the confidential files of 10,000 people – taken after criminals stole a server from a dental practice. Other incidents saw more than 170 private patient [...]
4 Sep 2010 The Town of Essex in Massachusetts has posted a notice to its web site that some records of the Essex Youth Commission are “presently unaccounted for.” Based on the Town’s ongoing investigation such documents and computer files are believed to include, but not be limited-to, records relating to the Essex Youth Commission Summer Program and [...]
4 Sep 2010 Jeff D. Gorman reports: A teenager’s rights were not violated when his grandmother sent him to rehab for marijuana dependence, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled. F.C.’s grandmother was concerned about the boy’s running away from home, using drugs, skipping school and stealing. She had been the 14-year-old’s guardian since he was 4. She petitioned for [...]
3 Sep 2010 Dr. Ken Pope mentioned this case on his mail list today, and I thought it might also be of interested to blog readers as it addresses whether the state’s interesting in investigating a psychiatrist trumps psychotherapist-patient privilege. Here’s the summary of this case from Massachusetts, Board of Registration in Medicine vs. John Doe, as included [...]
3 Sep 2010 The Malaysian High Court has told surgeons in the country to obtain their female patients’ consent before taking pictures of their intimate parts. Judicial Commissioner Chew Soo Ho, in allowing the claim by former reporter Lee Ewe Poh, 51, against general and colorectal surgeon Dr Lim Teik Mau and Loh Guan Lye and Sons Sdn [...]
3 Sep 2010 The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) has sent letters to patients seen by one of its surgeons over the last three years, alerting them to the possibility that their personal health information may be at risk. Earlier this week, URMC notified 837 current and former surgery patients that one of the doctors who cared [...]* RSS Newsfeeds compiled by pogowasright.org, used with permission.
