Jeff Drummond points us to an interesting for-fee webinar on the privacy rights of minors that healthcare providers need to know. The description: As a health care provider, don’t get caught in the middle. Gain an understanding of the rights of minors to medical privacy. Medical providers, schools, treatment facilities and others who come into…
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Baltimore was OK to vaccinate child against mother’s wishes, court says
Charmaine Little reports: A Maryland appeals court has ruled that the Baltimore City Department of Social Services did not err when it requested vaccines for a child in its care despite the mother’s religious beliefs. The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland said Aug. 30 that a lower court didn’t err when it gave the…
Millions of Americans’ Medical Images and Data Are Available on the Internet. Anyone Can Take a Peek.
Millions of Americans’ Medical Images and Data Are Available on the Internet. Anyone Can Take a Peek. by Jack Gillum, Jeff Kao and Jeff Larson. This story was co-reported with the German public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this…
Privacy breach found after CPR instructor takes class to cardiac arrest call in Regina
CBC News reports: The Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) is recommending more privacy training for Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) volunteers after a CPR instructor and volunteer medical first responder took her class to a call at a private home. An investigation report by the IPC shows paramedics were called to a Regina residence on March 18, 2018,…