Elizabeth Snell reports: While EHRs and HIEs are being touted as necessary tools for the improvement of the nation’s healthcare system, some Californians believe that the use of HIEs in fact worsen patient data privacy, according to a recent study. Approximately 40 percent of respondents think HIE worsens privacy while nearly one-third think it improves privacy…
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Arizona requires physicians to lie to female patients
Politicians in Arizona have imposed their religious beliefs on women with a bill that has no scientific support. As Courthouse News reports: Senate Bill 1318 – sponsored by state Sen. Nancy Barto, R-Phoenix – requires that a woman who seeks an abortion must be told by a medical professional within 24 hours of the procedure that “it…
Reassuring people in the wake of the Germanwings tragedy: a Privacy Commissioner reaches out
I continue to grind my teeth while listening to talking heads spout their theories about Andreas Lubitz, the Germanwings co-pilot who seemingly intentionally crashed his plane into the Alps, killing all onboard. Not satisfied with rank speculation about his mental health, talking heads also share their ignorance about whether German law permits German doctors to disclose any concerns…
Andreas Lubitz and doctors’ “duty to warn”
I wish the talking heads on TV commenting on doctors’ “duty to warn” would shut up if they don’t know what they’re talking about. Of course, they generally don’t realize that the information they’re giving out is legally incorrect. And so I listened to a talking head firmly assert that Lubitz’s doctor had a duty…