Scott Kahn, PhD, writes: The importance of data security and data privacy policies have recently come under scrutiny due to revelations around Google’s Project Nightingale. The initiative with Ascension, the nation’s largest nonprofit health system, granted Google access to medical records of more than 50 million individuals in 21 states and may hinder the trajectory of…
Category: Healthcare
California Bill Exempts Medical Research Data From Privacy Law
Bloomberg Law reports: Personal information used for medical research and safety would be exempt from California’s sweeping new privacy law under a bill seeing quick action in the state legislature. The Senate Health Committee unanimously approved the bill, A.B. 713, two days after Assemblyman Kevin Mullin (D) introduced it. If enacted, it would amend the California Consumer…
GA: Richmond Hill man charged with creating scheme to falsely report HIPAA violations
Clinton Hinely reports: A Richmond Hill man has been charged with falsely accusing people of patient privacy violations. Jeffrey Parker, 43, is charged with one count of false statements, according to a U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. The charge carries a possible sentence of up to five years in federal prison. According…
MN: Eden Prairie man charged with 11 counts of invasion of privacy
SW NewsMedia reports: An Eden Prairie man has been charged with 11 counts of invasion of privacy after he allegedly installed a camera in a bathroom at the Hennepin County Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, according to a Hennepin County criminal complaint. Mauricio Morales, 45, admitted to investigators that he had installed a camera in a…