Apart from the outrageousness of the Army not contacting Manning’s team, I’m inclined to treat this as a privacy breach. It may actually be a HIPAA breach, although I’m not confident about that without further information. I realize there are some who may say that as a public figure or semi-public figure, Manning has less…
Category: Healthcare
NJ Plastic Surgeon Sued For Using Patient Photos For Ads
Bill Wichert reports: A New Jersey plastic surgeon has been slapped with an invasion of privacy lawsuit in state court from a former patient alleging the doctor used “before and after” photos of her for advertising purposes without her consent. Jennifer Peeples asserts Dr. Paul Fondacaro claimed the photos were solely taken to be included…
Big Data and big mistakes
Dr. Kevin R. Stone has an OpEd in the San Francisco Examiner that’s worth noting: “Big Data” refers to the mining of enormous data banks for trends, patterns and strategies for influencing decision making in an informed way. One example of this is The Hospital Electronic Medical Records. In this case, vast amounts of data are…
CMS updates rule allowing claims data to be sold
Joseph Conn and Adam Rubenfire report: Data mining of patient medical records kept by the federal government will get a boost by the CMS, following the release of finalized changes to the so-called Qualified Entity Program. The final rule released Friday authorizes certain CMS-approved organizations – including for-profit companies – to buy Medicare claims and…