Jackie Hong reports: The Yukon Hospital Corporation (YHC) violated privacy legislation when it shared a new mother’s health information with a community health centre without the woman’s knowledge or consent, the territory’s privacy watchdog has found. However, after an internal review and consultation with British Columbia health authorities, the YHC determined that there was nothing…
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Editorial: Sealing records of psychiatric patients under state care is cause for alarm
The Buffalo News editorial board has an editorial that begins: William “Bill” Sutherland is not behind bars, nor is he free. Sutherland has been confined to state psychiatric hospitals since pleading “not responsible by reason of mental illness” to a felony arson charge in 2000. Sutherland’s plea got him out of serving prison time. A…
DNA sequencing can help fight epidemics—but there are privacy risks
Liam Shaw And Nicola C. Sugden report: The Democratic Republic of Congo is battling an Ebola outbreak. As is the case with any disease caused by pathogenic viruses – like Zika or influenza – Ebola spreads dangerously and unpredictably. This makes tracking the movement of viruses around the world a major challenge. Researchers have increasingly…
UK: GP stalked patient after accessing her medical records to get phone number, tribunal hears
The Telegraph reports: A GP was accused of stalking a patient after accessing her medical records so he could obtain her mobile phone number, a medical tribunal heard. Dr Chika Mbah, 37, allegedly sent a stream of WhatsApp messages asking the woman out for a date and turned up once outside her home after signing…