The government continues to assert the right to warrantless access to fight the war on drugs. I’ve previously noted that Utah was fighting them. It appears Oregon is, too. Joe Cadillic sends this report by Christopher Moraff: … The DEA has claimed for years that under federal law it has the authority to access the state’s Prescription…
Category: Healthcare
Did John Oliver buy your medical details?
John Oliver is not just a brilliant comedian. Through his humor and segments, he often makes compelling points about our society – and in this case – medical privacy. Consumerist has a piece on how Oliver easily created his own medical debt collection firm, and thereby came into possession of many people’s medical information: For a…
Planned Parenthood Violated Privacy Rules, Congressional Panel Claims
Dan Vergano reports: In the latest turn of a long-running investigation into Planned Parenthood and fetal tissue donations, a congressional panel on Wednesday asked for a federal investigation into alleged patient privacy and informed consent violations. In Wednesday’s letters to two federal research and patient privacy rule overseers, the “Select Investigative Panel” suggested that three California clinics broke patient…
Stung by Yelp Reviews, Health Providers Spill Patient Secrets
by Charles Ornstein ProPublica, May 27, 2016, 11 a.m. Burned by negative reviews, some health providers are casting their patients’ privacy aside and sharing intimate details online as they try to rebut criticism. In the course of these arguments — which have spilled out publicly on ratings sites like Yelp — doctors, dentists, chiropractors and…