HINA reports on the situation in Croatia: Epidemiologist Bernard Kaić, an official of the Public Health Institution (HZJZ), said on Monday that the list of people who have been vaccinated against COVID was subject to medical confidentiality. “With regard to the list of vaccinated people that is being mentioned – those are medical records and…
Category: Healthcare
Patient data at risk as doctors communicate with Facebook, WhatsApp
Domanii Cameron reports: Doctors at public and private hospitals are having to consult about their patients via Facebook and messaging apps, prompting calls for a real-time messaging platform. Rural Doctors Association of Australia president John Hall told The Sunday-Mail he had witnessed the issue first-hand while claiming it was widespread practice. Read more on Herald Sun (AU.
Cannabis Data Privacy Issues to Watch in 2021
Chris Hart and Jeremy Meisinge of Foley Hoag recently took a look at legal considerations around data privacy and security in cannabis transactions. As you might expect in our nation of patchwork laws, there are states that will require HIPAA-level standards and protections for confidentiality of data, as cannabis treatment is considered medical. In other…
European Data Protection Board Answers Commission’s Questions on Health Research
Kristof Van Quathem and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington and Burling write: On February 2, 2021, the European Data Protection Board (“Board”) responded to questions submitted by the European Commission (“Commission”) on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) to health research. The Board also announced that it is currently working on guidelines on…