Stilgherrian reports: If only three percent of Australians are opting out of My Health Record, it would seem that privacy advocates have made little difference. Despite all the noise, so far the opt-out rate appears to be the same as in the UK and Austria. Privacy advocates have, broadly speaking, failed to get their messages into…
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MA: Longmeadow woman, former gynecologist, to be sentenced in patient privacy case
Stephanie Barry reports: A former gynecologist whose attorney says devoted her life to serving poor women and girls will be sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court for violating patient privacy laws and lying to federal agents investigating an alleged Big Pharma kickback scheme. Rita Luthra, 65, of Longmeadow, was convicted in April of two criminal…
This Lawyer Released His Client’s Psychiatric Records Out of Spite. Now He’s Lost His License
Robert Storace writes: Angry that a former client sued him, 86-year-old New Britain-based attorney Jason Pearl released the woman’s psychiatric medical records online to “embarrass” her, according to a court ruling. Now, that action led a Superior Court judge to suspend Pearl from practicing law for two years, pausing—and possibly halting—a decadeslong career. Read more on…
MN: Fairview Southdale cited for secretly videotaping patients
Jeremy Olson reports: A federal Medicare investigation has found that Fairview Southdale Hospital violated the privacy rights of certain patients by taping them without their knowledge during psychiatric evaluations in the emergency department. The investigation centered on a woman who was taken to the emergency room of the Edina hospital against her will in May…