Len Litchfield, M.D., writes: So you are a health professional or knowledgeable consumer and think you understand the issues surrounding privacy and exchange of personal health information? So did I, until I recently became a patient and had the temerity (or is that foolishness and patience?) to actually read the consent when I went to…
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Ca: Legislation doubling fines for medical privacy breaches before Ontario legislature
Canadian Underwriter writes: A bill before the Ontario legislature proposing to require health care providers to report privacy preaches to the province’s information and privacy commissioner got some support last week by politicians from the opposition benches. “We hope this legislation actually gets through so that we can catch up to the other provinces,” Progressive…
Rite Aid Files Opening Brief in Consolidated Appeal of FCC’s TCPA Order
I didn’t know about this case, but based on what I’m reading in this article by and Michael Daly and John Yi of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, I suspect I agree with Rite Aid: On November 25th, petitioner Rite Aid Hdqrtrs. Corp. (“Rite Aid”) filed its opening brief in the consolidated appeal of the FCC’s July 10, 2015 Declaratory…
Limiting Risk When Sharing PHI
From Privacy Analytics: Six Strategies for Privacy Officers to Protect their Organization and Limit Risk when Sharing PHI Privacy Officers have a huge challenge in front of them. Demand to share data is growing. Demand to protect patient privacy is paramount. How can they balance the need for information and the risk? Sharing data for…