Stilgherrian reports: After carefully reading and considering 31 public submissions on the My Health Record privacy amendments, as well as three further documents from community health organisations, the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee’s report on its inquiry has made just one solitary recommendation. “The committee recommends the Bill be passed,” it reads. The committee didn’t…
Category: Healthcare
Dementia And Guns: When Should Doctors Broach The Topic?
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…
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…