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Patient Data
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Media Law Prof Blog
Stanford Hospital Discovers Patient Financial Information Loaded On Commercial Website
From the New York Times comes news that medical information including billing codes and other financial data from Stanford Hospital turned up on a commercial website called "Student of Fortune"…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Cautionary Tale for Health Care Providers Subject to HIPAA – Don’t Forget State Law
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Marlo Johnson Roebuck
This recent Michigan case makes clear that when handling protected health information, HIPAA is not the only game in town. Health care providers also must consider state law protections which,…
Health Law Prof Blog
Ian Brown, Lindsey Brown & Douwe Korff: “Using NHS Patient Data for Research Without Consent”
Ian Brown, Lindsey Brown & Douwe Korff posted "Using NHS Patient Data for Research Without Consent" on SSRN: This article analyses the legality of the use of electronic patient records in the…
PropertyProf Blog
Rodwin on the Trouble with Patient Data as Private Property
By propertyprof
Marc Rodwin (Suffolk) has posted Patient Data: Property, Privacy, and the Public Interest (American Journal of Law and Medicine) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:In this article, I argue that treating…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
HHS Settlement Follows Enforcement Fine
In a uniquely timed second showing of enforcement authority, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on February 24, 2011 a one million dollar settlement with a Massachusetts…
Health Law Prof Blog
Data Segmentation
We continue to see the tensions in patient data protection play out in new and interesting ways. For example, as HHS continues to study the comments from its HITECH-authorized lock-down…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
HIT Policy Committee Workgroup Recommends Encryption Mandate
The Health IT Policy Committee’s Privacy and Security workgroup has recommended that patient data exchanged between providers for treatment purposes be governed by policies that “at least” include encryption. The…
Health Industry Washington Watch
FDA Experimental Study of Patient Information Prototypes
This post was written by Paul Sheives. FDA seeks public comment on a study being conducted by the agency that is designed to test different ways of presenting information about…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Health Care Employees Fired For Improperly Accessing Patient’s Electronic Health Records
As reported by the December 23 Rochester, Minnesota Post Bulletin, the Mayo Clinic has terminated two medical professionals, a physician and another staff member, after determining that they had inappropriately…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Another Data Breach of Patient Records
The Baltimore Sun reports that Baltimore police are investigating a security breach at Mercy Medical Center that left certain patient records open to possible identity theft. According to the article, affected former…