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…
Category: Healthcare
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…
‘Instagram for doctors’ healthcare app Figure 1 may risk patient privacy
Amy Mitchell-Whittington reports: More than half a million healthcare professionals are sharing their medical cases via an app likened to an Instagram for doctors, but grave concerns are held for patient privacy and confidentiality. The app, Figure 1, was set up in 2013 and is a platform for healthcare professionals to upload and share images of medical cases…
Ca: Data privacy rules hamper health sector: Les Leyne
Les Leyne writes: It’s been more than a decade since the B.C. government responded to a rush of concern about personal information being exposed to U.S. security snoops by outlawing the transfer of provincial data across the border. The extraordinary scope of the post-9-11 USA PATRIOT Act, which gave U.S. anti-terrorist agencies open access to…