Rafael Olmeda reports: Someone violated Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer’s order to protect the private medical records of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz, and his lawyers argued in court Wednesday that it wasn’t them. Cruz, who turned 20 on Monday, is facing the death penalty, charged with committing 17 first-degree murders at Marjory Stoneman Douglas…
Category: Healthcare
Privacy measure dropped from opioids package
Mohana Ravindranath, Arthur Allen, and Darius Tahir report: Groups lobbying to make it easier for doctors to share a patient’s substance abuse treatment records may have to take the measure up again next year. They appear to have lost the battle to include it in the final opioids package, which could drop as early as tonight, our…
Paper Trails: Living and Dying With Fragmented Medical Records
I cannot recall in what year I first started seeing my primary care physician, but I do know that even years later, his records on me are missing a lot of my history and past exams and records. Why? Because the system that my records were generated with and stored on with my former primary…
Parents Are Leery Of Schools Requiring ‘Mental Health’ Disclosures By Students
by Julio Ochoa, WUSF Children registering for school in Florida this year were asked to reveal some history about their mental health. The new requirement is part of a law rushed through the state legislature after the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. On registration forms for new students, the state’s school districts now…