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Patient Data
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
473,807 Patient Records Compromised in January, 2018—83 Percent Caused by Hacking Incidents
The recently released Protenus Healthcare Breach Barometer report notes that in January, 2018, at least 473,807 patient records were compromised in 37 breaches reported to the Office for Civil Rights.…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
Is This a Rubber-Stamp World?: Did Aetna’s Former Medical Director Never Look at Patient Records?
According to CNN, Aetna’s former medical director, Ken Iinuma, admitted in a deposition that “he never looked at patients' records when deciding whether to approve or deny care” surprises me…
Life Sciences Legal Update
FDA Finalizes Policy for Sharing Patient-Specific Data from Medical Devices
By Nancy Halstead, Yetunde Oni
FDA recently released guidance (“Manufacturers Sharing Patient-Specific Information from Medical Devices with Patients Upon Request”) finalizing its policy on medical device manufacturers sharing patient-specific information from devices with patients at…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
OCR Clarifies Privacy Rule for Sharing PHI on Opioid Overdoses
In the wake of the national opioid overdose crisis, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has provided clarification on when covered entities are permitted to disclose patient information during opioid…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
OCR Notified of Patient Records Stored in Psychiatrist’s Basement
Paper records continue to be problematic. An Illinois psychiatrist reported to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that the medical records of 10,500 patients were stored in the basement of…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Arkansas Surgery Center Hit with Ransomware
Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center (AOFSC) was recently hit with ransomware that shut down access to health information of its patients and rendered some of it imaging files, including…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
FDA Issues Final Guidance For Medical Device Exchange of Patient Information
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidance yesterday (September 6, 2017) entitled “Design Considerations and Pre-Market Submission Recommendations for Interoperable Medical Devices,” which is intended to “assist industry and…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Unencrypted Backup Drive of 531 EEG Patients Lost
Baptist Medical Center South, located in Jacksonville, Florida has admitted that one of its backup drives has been missing since May 18, 2017. The unencrypted backup drive contained the protected…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
DeepMind Deal with NHS Trust Reveals Privacy Concerns
Back in 2015, DeepMind, a Google company, signed a deal with the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust. The deal allowed DeepMind access to 1.6 million patients health information as well…
Covington Digital Health
ICO Rules UK Hospital-DeepMind Trial Failed to Comply with UK Data Protection Law
By Joshua Gray
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office ("ICO"), which enforces data protection legislation in the UK, has ruled that the NHS Royal Free Foundation Trust ("Royal Free"), which manages a London hospital, failed to…