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…
Category: Healthcare
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…
Despite Student Concerns, College Says BSC Move Will Not Affect Privacy
Melissa C. Rodman of the Harvard Crimson reports: Students have raised concerns that the Bureau of Study Counsel’s administrative move to the College’s purview may compromise their privacy, but the College maintains that it will not. Administrators will not use information gathered from students’ meetings with BSC counselors for disciplinary purposes, Faculty of Arts and Sciences…