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)…
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Horror shots show nurses mock dying patients in Russian hospital
This news report just gets worse and worse as you read it all. Will Stewart reports: A nurse is under investigation in Russia after posting pictures online mocking dying patients and boasting: “We tie them to beds.” Her images highlight a disturbing trend of medical staff using social media to abuse the sick, vulnerable and…
PA: Employee-patient allegedly photographed during surgery files suit against Washington Hospital and others
Barbara Miller reports: An employee of Washington Hospital who had an operation at her workplace filed a complaint in Washington County Court against the institution, a doctor and several co-workers in connection with photos of her private parts that allegedly were taken and later shared. The plaintiff, identified only as Jane Doe, worked as a…
Medical Privacy Under Attack: 2017 in Review
Jamie Williams writes: If you care about maintaining privacy over medical records and prescriptions, this was not a good year. Both the California Supreme Court and the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued disappointing decisions that declined to recognize a significant privacy interest in prescription records. In California, the state’s high court ruled that…