AP reports: To track down people in Britain who may have broken immigration rules, the government is turning to a new and controversial source of information: doctors. Doctors who work with refugees and asylum-seekers have described the move as a major breach of medical ethics, saying it isn’t up to physicians to enforce immigration rules….
Category: Healthcare
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signs law improving patient privacy in health insurance
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday signed a bill providing people with more privacy from their health insurance companies. The new law, the so-called PATCH Act, seeks to ensure that patients have the ability to request that a summary of payment form for their health insurance be sent directly to them, not to the policyholder of their insurance….
Despite privacy concerns, Israel to put nation’s medical database online
Shoshanna Solomon reports: The Israeli government on Sunday approved a National Digital Health plan, which, despite mounting privacy concerns, plans to create a digital database of the medical files of some 9 million residents and make them available to researchers and enterprises. The government has vowed to protect the privacy of individuals and is touting the NIS…
Pseudoanonymous is not “anonymous,” Dwight.
It seems that are still too many people who are ignorant about the difference between “pseudoanonymous” and “anonymous.” Dwight appears to be one of them. Dwight handles public relations/media communications for The MENTOR Network. I had recently read two press releases about data breaches that were both linked to The MENTOR Network. The press releases…