Meduza reports: Regional lawmakers from Samara have submitted draft legislation to the State Duma that would limit medical privacy for minors between the ages of 15 and 17, granting their parents access to their medical records. The law’s explanatory note warns that “older adolescents are often disinclined to inform their parents about unplanned pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, injuries sustained in…
Category: Healthcare
CVS exposed my Viagra script — and ruined my marriage
Another “small” breach, no snark intended. This is an N=1 disclosure breach that had huge impact/harm, according to the patient’s lawsuit against the pharmacy. Kathianne Boniello reports: He was supposed to get a lift from his little blue pills, but a Long Island man instead was left feeling small and deflated after a loose-lipped pharmacist…
New Washington state law bans medical records from open court during sexual harassment lawsuits
Christine Willmsen reports: After being sexually harassed at work, some women face the specter of having the most intimate, private details of their lives dissected in open court by attorneys for their employer. That’s because defense attorneys have often sought and obtained medical records of plaintiffs — even going back as far as birth —…
HK: Court upholds privacy rights in face of disciplinary proceedings
Michael Maguiness and David Smyth write: In the recent case of Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Preliminary Investigation Committee of the Medical Council of Hong Kong v Hospital Authority,(1) the High Court dismissed proceedings commenced by the chair and deputy chair (collectively, the chair) seeking to compel the Hospital Authority to disclose confidential…