Sean Lahman reports: A Rochester-based home health care service has been fined and sanctioned for violating privacy regulations in its effort to obtain new clients. All American Home Care has agreed to pay a fine of $25,000 to the New York State Attorney General’s office and to stop using patients’ private information for commercial purposes. An…
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Breach of privacy: Medical journal retracts a paper for a photo used without patient’s permission
Menako Rao writes: Last month, the Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery retracted an article after patient informed the editor of the journal that it contained and photograph of her, the use of which she had not consented to. The article titled Surgical reconstruction or prosthetic rehabilitation following orbital exenteration: The clinician’s dilemma was about a woman who underwent a prosthetic graft…
Yukon gov’t denies asking doctors for complete medical files
There’s a response/follow-up to allegations that the Yukon government was improperly demanding sensitive patient information. Nancy Thomson reports: Shauna Demers, director of Insured Health Services with the Yukon government, says that’s not true. “We do not and never have asked for complete files. Insured health services does not request and has never received a complete medical file…
Yukon’s health billing dept demands to see patients’ medical records, doctors say
Seen on Sky News: A Whitehorse psychiatrist is raising concerns about patient confidentiality in Yukon, saying the territorial government pressures doctors to share personal and sensitive medical files, or forfeit payment. Dr. Armando Heredia says the practice of sharing files with government is “rampant” among Yukon doctors, and he’s complained to the Yukon privacy commissioner about…