Meanwhile…. from back on the road that is paved with good intentions but goes to the wrong place, Camilla Turner reports: Universities are to trawl through students’ social media to look for signs that they may be suicidal, as part of a new project funded by the higher education watchdog. The new scheme, backed by…
Category: Healthcare
Vermont Court Finds Patient Can Sue Hospital and an Employee for Breach of Confidentiality
Jason C. Gavejian and Maya Atrakchi of JacksonLewis write: In a landmark ruling, the Vermont Supreme Court recently held that a patient had standing to sue both the hospital at which she was a patient and the employee who attended to her, for negligent disclosure of her personal health information to a third-party. Neither the…
A Subpoena and a Case of Patient Privacy, Revisited
Ann W. Latner, JD writes: This month we revisit a very important privacy case which held that a violation of medical privacy under HIPAA could lead to tort liability under state law. The case lingered in the courts for a total of almost 12 years, reaching the state supreme court twice, and set new precedent…
The Government Needs to Get a Warrant if It Wants Access to Our Private Health Information
Nathan Freed Wessler writes: The Drug Enforcement Administration is once again trying to access private prescription records of patients — this time in New Hampshire — without a warrant, despite a state law to the contrary. Today the ACLU filed a brief in support of the state of New Hampshire’s fight to defend the privacy…