Steve Alder writes: Novant Health has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that stemmed from its use of tracking pixels on its MyChart patient portal. The pixel code on the patient portal collected the personally identifiable information of users with the goals of “improving access to care through virtual visits and to provide increased…
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UK: Hospital worker allegedly ‘suspended over breaching patient confidentiality’
Jill Theobald reports: A health care assistant at Rotherham Hospital is believed to have been suspended after allegedly accessing and disclosing personal patient information to and about family members without authorisation. The employee reportedly accessed the personal information of several patients and shared it with their family members – a “breach of patient confidentiality which…
800 Chinese CCTV cameras that were banned in EU Parliament set for National Children’s Hospital
Nicola Byrne reports: More than 800 CCTV cameras will be installed at the new National Children’s Hospital, the Irish Mail on Sunday has learned. The CCTV technology at the new Dublin hospital will be provided by Chinese firm, Hikvision, whose cameras were banned from the EU Parliament and the parliament buildings of the US, UK,…
Former Executive Sentenced to Probation for HIPAA Violation
Steve Alder reports: Mark Kevin Robison, a former vice president of Commonwealth Health Corporation (now Med Center Health) in Kentucky has been sentenced to 2 years’ probation and ordered to pay $140,000 in restitution after reaching a plea agreement with federal prosecutors over a HIPAA violation. Robison pled guilty to knowingly disclosing the protected health…