Glenn Hicks reports: eHealth Saskatchewan, the Crown Corporation which collects and stores electronic health records for residents, along with various users in Prince Albert of eHealth’s digital data bank, have been told to improve training and safeguards regarding the privacy of patients’ information. This follows an investigation by the province’s Information and Privacy Commissioner into…
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First GDPR fine in Portugal issued against hospital for three violations
Dr. Ana Menezes Monteiro writes that Centro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo has been fined 400,000 euros for violating the General Data Protection Regulation. The country’s regulator, Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados, found three violations of the GDPR: — a violation of Article 5(1)(c), a minimization principle, by allowing indiscriminate access to an excessive number of users,…
Jury Awards $853,000 to Woman After Leak of Confidential Medical Information
Robert Storace reports: A Bridgeport Superior Court jury has awarded $853,000 to a former Connecticut resident whose medical records were released to her former boyfriend without her knowledge. At an earlier stage, the Connecticut Supreme Court used this case to state in a matter of first impression that a violation of medical privacy under a…
Vendors team to try to reduce patient data snooping
Joseph Goedert reports: CynergisTek is a cybersecurity and information management consultancy with expertise in the optimization of privacy programs and its partner, Protenus, offers technology to monitor health professionals’ behaviors using analytical and artificial intelligence technologies. Two health IT vendors are developing a service to enable providers to establish and maintain an effective privacy monitoring…