Out-Law.com reports: The European Commission said work has started on the development of the code and that it hopes that consumers’ trust in mobile health apps will grow as a result of the initiative. “To follow up on the m-health green paper, the European Commission has started paving the way for an industry-led code of conduct…
Category: Healthcare
Pharmacies fined for secretly recording customers
DFWatch reports: TBILISI, DFWatch–Three chains of pharmacies in Georgia have been fined 500 laris each for recording conversations through the calling system of their 24 hours outlets without notifying customers. According to the Personal Data Protection, 365 pharmacies of the chains Aversi-Geopharmi, PSP and Sakhalkho Aptiaki (People’s Pharmacy) recorded conversations with customers. The companies explained that…
Issues Concerning Substance Abuse Patient Confidentiality Laws
Molly Nicol Lewis of McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC writes: It was with the best of intentions that Congress passed the Federal Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records Law over forty years ago. The patient privacy regulations (“Part 2”) spawned by this law reflected a sensitivity to the stigma that can accompany substance abuse, preventing highly…
Managing disclosure when faced with closure
Charles Mabbett writes: What happens to personal information when an organisation closes down? One thing is certain. Don’t follow the example of a West Coast doctor who, when closing his surgery to retire, attempted to bury his patient notes on a beach. The tides and the wind had other plans and scattered the files along…