The good folks at EPIC.org write: In a surprisingly brief opinion, the Ninth Circuit has upheld a decision to dismiss a privacy suit against Facebook concerning the collection of sensitive medical data. In Smith v. Facebook, users alleged that the company tracked their visits to healthcare websites, in violation of the websites’ explicit privacy policies. In a…
Category: Healthcare
“A Right to Privacy?”
Matt Covington of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP writes: What privacy rights is a Plaintiff afforded for the medical information related to a workers’ compensation claim? Mastanduno v. Nat’l Freight Industries The opinion arose from an interlocutory appeal by the plaintiff regarding his privacy interests in personal medical information in Industrial Commission records and decisions. The…
App Lets School Nurses, Parents View Student Health Data
WNEP reports: It’s that time of year when nurses’ offices in schools across the country are full of children feeling ill. At Saint Clair Area Elementary School, the school is participating in a program aimed towards keeping its students healthy during flu season with some help from technology. […] FLUency is a health program by…
Retail outlets using telehealth pose significant privacy, policy concerns for health care
Medical Express reports: A significant shift in the health care market is well underway, with various insurers, medical groups, vendors and supply chains pursuing acquisitions and mergers to expand their services, and retail outlets, from Walmart and Amazon to Rite-Aid and Albertsons, delivering health care services, including telehealth. But do current policies adequately protect patient…