Doctors who use the instant messaging service WhatsApp to communicate with each other about patients should stop doing so, according to the Dutch privacy watchdog Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens. Read more on DutchNews.nl. And what apps could American doctors use to communicate about patients that would be HIPAA-compliant in terms of security?
Category: Healthcare
AU: Patient privacy breach ‘is tip of the iceberg’: cancer patient
Michael Owen reports: Cancer patient Andrew Knox has called for an independent judicial review into the South Australian government’s patient record management system, saying a fresh furore over serious privacy breaches is just the “tip of the iceberg”. Mr Knox, 67, said yesterday his medical records relating to an incorrect chemotherapy dose may have been…
AARP Opposes Employer Invasion of Medical Privacy
This proposal hasn’t gotten enough media attention, nor the opposition it deserves. Educate yourself and speak up, folks. David Certner writes: With election season in full force, much of the work inside Washington is flying under the radar. While Congress remains deeply divided, there continues to be action on the regulatory front. One such development…
SCOTUS argument preview: New look at abortion after nine years (UPDATED)
Lyle Denniston writes: In a matter of days, the Court will get a test of its current views on one of the restrictions at issue in the Texas abortion case previewed in this post: the requirement that doctors at abortion clinics have patient-admitting privileges at a hospital within thirty miles of the clinic. On Wednesday,…