Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates Marshall Allen, ProPublica This story was co-published with NPR. To an outsider, the fancy booths at last month’s health insurance industry gathering in San Diego aren’t very compelling. A handful of companies pitching “lifestyle” data and salespeople touting jargony phrases…
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Health P.E.I. responded adequately in two cases of confidentiality breaches: Rose
Stu Neatby reports: Health P.E.I. is reviewing its health record procedures after P.E.I. Privacy Commissioner Karen Rose released two reports last month detailing instances of privacy breaches by employees. Rose carried out investigations after two separate complaints were lodged concerning unauthorized disclosure of private health information. Both reports concluded the health information was compromised, but…
Allegations 800,000 NZers at risk of medical privacy breach (UPDATED)
Update: See this article for a “nothing to see here” decision from the privacy commissioner. Frances Cook reports: A stoush has erupted over patient medical records, with a claim the privacy of up to 800,000 Auckland patients has been put at risk. Four New Zealand and Australasian healthcare IT companies, Healthlink, Medtech Global, My Practice,…
Meanwhile, down in Australia…..
I haven’t had time to properly write anything up, but since last night, I have been reading the alternately frustrated and infuriated tweets from Australians trying to opt out of #MyHealthRecord. The opt-out period opened yesterday, and it appears to be a cock-up of immense proportions, with many people unable to opt out online, then…