I love reading case notes from Privacy Commissioners in other parts of the world to see how they apply their countries’ regulations. There’s a new decision from New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner that will probably be of interest to parents of American schoolchildren as it involves how school personnel handled a student’s medical information. Spoiler alert:…
Category: Healthcare
NY State Law Prohibits Ambulances and First Responders From Selling Patient Data
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: “New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed legislation that will effectively prohibit ambulance and first response service providers from disclosing or selling patient data to third parties for marketing purposes. The bill was signed into law on October 7. The new law bans the sale of patient data, or…
Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Want the State to Know Everything About Your Abortion
Garnet Henderson reports: Brent Blue has been practicing medicine in Jackson, Wyoming, for 38 years. At his family medicine and urgent care practice, he also provides abortions. As of July 1, each time he performs an abortion he must submit a report to the state including information about the patient’s age, race, county of residence, and previous…
IN: Patient’s lawsuit alleging her x-rays were wrongly shared reinstated by court
Katie Stancombe reports: A Lake County woman whose medical records were unknowingly shared with her employer by a Community Hospital worker in Munster who took her x-rays has won a reversal of her dismissed complaint against the hospital. Amanda Henry, who received medical treatment in March 2018 at Community Hospital in Munster, was required to…