Richard Nieva reports: Google’s $2.1 billion purchase of Fitbit signals that the search giant is intent on burrowing deeper into our lives, giving it access to some of our most personal health information. If the company’s earlier efforts in health care are any indication, Fitbit owners may want to consider where that information might end up. Over the past…
Category: Healthcare
Missouri officials track women’s periods on a spreadsheet
BeckAtsila writes: On day two of a weeklong hearing determined to shut down Missouri’s last abortion clinic, the state’s health director admitted he was using a spreadsheet to track the menstrual cycle of Planned Parenthood patients. Dr. Randall Williams, who is anti-abortion and has never performed an abortion, sent the state investigator, William Koebel, who has no…
Patient’s attorney files claim against SF over Laguna Honda abuse: ‘He’s angry. He wants answers’
Joshua Sabatini reports: A middle-aged, disabled man who is among a number of patients impacted by the abuse scandal at Laguna Honda Hospital is angry and wants answers, according to his attorney who has filed a legal claim against The City. “Having those answers is part of the healing process,” said the patient’s attorney, Sara Peters, with the law…
Mayo Clinic study explores patient privacy in MRI research
News-Medical reports: Though identifying data typically are removed from medical image files before they are shared for research, a Mayo Clinic study finds that this may not be enough to protect patient privacy. The study, described in a letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine, finds that it’s possible to use commercial facial recognition…