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…
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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,…
Google, Amazon and Microsoft in Battle to Store Health Data in the Cloud
Melanie Evans reports: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are striking sweeping agreements to store data and develop software for hospitals, as the technology giants wrestle for control in health-care and cloud-computing markets. Read more on WSJ.
American Society of Human Genetics asserts core genetic data privacy principles for all research and funding arenas
ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) today affirmed the crucial role of genetic and genomic data sharing to advance medicine and health research, and asserted core principles about privacy protections that should apply to all human genetics and genomics research regardless of funding source. The Society’s views appear today in The…