Lauren DeWitt and Alyssa Sajczuk of Pepper Hamilton write: A final rule from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration establishes requirements for the exchange of patient information between substance abuse treatment programs and their agents and contractors. Published on January 3, the rule clarifies requirements for re-disclosure of confidential patient information by certain…
Category: Healthcare
Website operators are in the dark about privacy violations by third-party scripts
by Steven Englehardt, Gunes Acar, and Arvind Narayanan Recently we revealed that “session replay” scripts on websites record everything you do, like someone looking over your shoulder, and send it to third-party servers. This en-masse data exfiltration inevitably scoops up sensitive, personal information — in real time, as you type it. We released the data…
Court: Yes, there is doctor-patient confidentiality
This may come as a shock. AP reports: Connecticut’s highest court ruled Thursday on an issue that most people may think is already settled, saying doctors have a duty to keep patients’ medical records confidential and can be sued if they don’t. The Supreme Court’s 6-0 decision overturned the ruling of a lower court judge…
SG: Greater protection of patient data when national electronic medical records become mandatory
From the we’ve-seen-these-assurances-before-haven’t-we? dept. Salma Khalik reports from Singapore: Employers and insurers will be prohibited from accessing a person’s medical history in the National Electronic Health Records (NEHR) once the new Healthcare Services Bill comes into effect. This move should allay concerns that have surfaced repeatedly during feedback sessions on the Ministry of Health’s (MOH)…