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…
Category: Healthcare
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…
Plaintiff & counsel sanctioned for failure to protect confidential information in court filings
Great thanks to the New York Law Journal for making me aware of a case involving court records and confidentiality that was decided this week in the Eastern District of New York. The case is began with the plaintiff doctor filing a discrimination lawsuit against her employer. But as the case progressed, the plaintiff and her…