I’m so glad Bill Fitzgerald has written up his observations on this and will be following up. Bill writes: Last night, I logged onto the Kaiser Permanente patient health portal. I hadn’t done this in a while. I use a javascript blocker in my web browser. After logging into the site, I was very surprised…
Category: Healthcare
Public Health England warns of ‘serious risk’ over Home Office data sharing
May Bulman reports: Public Health England (PHE) has warned that the sharing of personal information by NHS commissioners and healthcare providers risks undermining public confidence in the NHS and could have “unintended serious consequences” for patients. In a series of letters published by the Health Select Committee, PHE and the National Data Guardian (NDG) voice concern…
Tin stars on doctors, Thursday edition
I’ve occasionally noted my opposition to putting tin stars on doctors by requiring us to report things that we might otherwise keep confidential. Now Joe Cadillic notes another one of those problematic laws: I’m having trouble describing Oregon’s disturbing statutes and how two courts made excuses to allow law enforcement to circumvent our Constitution. This…
Fitbit fitness tracker cracks Connecticut murder case
Jessa Schroeder reports: A Connecticut man accused in his wife’s murder might have gotten away with it — if not for the victim’s Fitbit fitness tracker and other electronic devices, authorities allege. Richard Dabate, 40, was charged this month with felony murder, tampering with physical evidence and making false statements following his wife Connie’s December…