Earlier this month, I pointed out a case in India involving the confidentiality of mental health records and how right to information laws there might trump the right to privacy. Like many countries, India was looking at balancing rights and needs. Based on what I had read in that article, I wrote: It seems the wife was being beaten…
Category: Healthcare
HHS Issues Guidance on HIPAA and Workplace Wellness Programs
Paula Stannard summarizes a recent HHS guidance on workplace wellness programs: On Thursday, April 16, 2015, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance, consisting of two frequently asked questions (FAQs), on the application of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules to workplace wellness…
Ca: Whistleblowers allege privacy breach, sue province
Well, this is unexpected. Yesterday, this site noted a news report that Peter Bowden, a Saskatoon whistleblower, complained that his privacy had been breached after revealing what went on at a senior care facility, Oliver Lodge. Now today, I see another whistleblower retaliation complaint involving two other individuals who blew the whistle on another facility, Sunview. But this…
Judge to Review Mental Health Records in Lawsuit
Joel Stashenko reports: The New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. must turn over for in camera review the mental health records of a woman who was found unfit to stand trial for killing a 2-year-old in 2010 by throwing him off the seventh-floor balcony of his Queens apartment building, a judge decided. Manhattan Supreme…