Sam Jungyun Choi, Harriet Fletcher and Katherine Kinchlea of Covington & Burling write: On March 28, 2019, the Council of Europe* issued a new Recommendation on the protection of health-related data. The Recommendation calls on all Council of Europe member states to take steps to ensure that the principles for processing health-related data (in both…
Category: Healthcare
Safeguarding Patient Privacy—HIPAA And The Police Body Camera
Emily Berris of SmithAmundsen LLC writes: Imagine a police officer escorting a drunk driver through the emergency room with his body camera still on—not only is the officer recording the driver, the officer is simultaneously recording every individual and every patient that officer comes into contact with. In an era of attempted police reform, where…
Lawsuit claims women secretly recorded in San Diego hospital
Mario Sevilla , Allison Horn, and Adam Racusin report: Sharp Grossmont Hospital secretly video recorded 1,800 patients using hidden cameras at the women’s health center in El Cajon, according to a lawsuit filed late Friday afternoon. The recordings took place between July 17, 2012 and June 30, 2013 inside three Labor and Delivery operating rooms…
Ca: Judge defends privacy commissioner’s handling of case of doctor who accessed Humboldt Bronco victims’ files
Dan Zakreski reports: A Saskatoon judge is defending how the province’s privacy commissioner handled a case that began when six doctors inappropriately accessed electronic health records of Humboldt Broncos players involved in a fatal bus crash last April. Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured in the crash between the junior hockey team’s bus…