John Miller reports: Novartis wants every puff of its emphysema drug Onbrez to go into the cloud. The Swiss drugmaker has teamed up with U.S. technology firm Qualcomm to develop an internet-connected inhaler that can send information about how often it is used to remote computer servers known as the cloud. This kind of new…
Category: Healthcare
UK: ICO fines Pharmacy2U Ltd £130,000 for selling patients’ data without consent
From the ICO: An online pharmacy that sold details of more than 20,000 customers to marketing companies has been fined £130,000. Pharmacy 2U offered the customer names and addresses for sale through an online marketing list company. The ICO investigation found that Pharmacy 2U had not informed its customers that it intended to sell their…
Ca: The Northwest Territories’ health-specific privacy legislation in effect
Anastasia Semenova and Aweis Osman of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP write: The Northwest Territories have enacted the Health Information Act, SNWT 2014, c 2 (HIA) which took effect on October 1, 2015. The HIA sets out rules for the collection, use and disclosure of personal health information; the Act is designed to protect health information and facilitate…
Former Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center employee charged with taping nude patients
Phillip Eriksen reports: A former local hospital employee accused of taking photos and videos of nude patients was charged with two counts of invasive video recording, Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said. Johnny Basye, 41, a former Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center employee, was arrested Monday without incident at his China Spring…