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…
Category: Healthcare
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…
Fitness Trackers without Display Vulnerable to Security Breach: Research
Anirban Roy reports: … Senior Malware Researcher at Kaspersky Lab, Roman Unuchek, has examined how a number of fitness wristbands interact with a smartphone, and discovered some surprising results. According to his research, the authentication method in several popular fitness wearables allows a third party app to connect invisibly to the device, execute commands, and, in…
Including psychotherapy records in interoperable EHR systems is a really bad idea
Clinical psychologist Peter Zelles had a commentary in the Star Tribune last week with which I wholeheartedly agree. Minnesota is one of the first two states to mandate that all health care providers use an “interoperable” electronic health care record (EHR), allowing all doctors to view every other doctor’s notes — supposedly privately and with a purpose. Since 2014…