by Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News Some patients refuse to answer. Many doctors don’t ask. As the number of Americans with dementia rises, health professionals are grappling with when and how to pose the question: “Do you have guns at home?” While gun violence data is scarce, a Kaiser Health News investigation with PBS NewsHour published…
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Aetna settles with states and D.C. over members’ HIV status breach
Note: This post contains a press release from the D.C. Attorney General’s Office. The monetary penalty amount cited, $175,000.00, only applies to D.C. Separately, New Jersey announced that it settled with Aetna for $365,000. Aetna’s only statement, e-mailed to us, reads: Through our outreach efforts, immediate relief program and recent settlements we have worked to…
Medical alert necklace triggers Va. firefighters to breach wrong home
Paul Gessler reports: A medical alert necklace is to blame for firefighters breaching the wrong home in Alexandria Tuesday. “Jane Smith” said Fairfax County firefighters were dispatched to North Kings Highway with GPS coordinates to her house after an alert was triggered by a medical device. Smith, whose name she asked WUSA9 to withhold, said…
THIS IS A TEST: Could the Presidential Text Message Alert System be in Violation of Privacy Rights Afforded by the First and Fourth Amendment? New York Plaintiffs Test it Out.
Puja Amin of Womble Bond Dickinson writes about a complaint that may be of interest to some readers: … Just before the alert was sent out, Judge Katherine Polk Failla, rejected three self-represented New Yorkers’ request for a preliminary injunction to halt the test of the Presidential Alert system, apparently finding Plaintiffs’ claims “too speculative.” The…