CHEK News reports: A Duncan nurse has been suspended from the job for eight months in relation to unauthorized access and disclosure of private patient information, according to the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives. The college said in a post on its website that an inquiry committee panel approved a consent agreement with Lindsey Rints…
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Ninth Circuit rejects challenge to Idaho’s abortion trafficking ban — with some caveats
Edvard Pettersson reports: A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday mostly rejected a challenge to an Idaho law that makes it a crime for an adult to assist a minor in obtaining an abortion or abortion medication in another state without their parent’s consent. In a split decision, the appellate panel reversed a trial judge’s…
Atrium Health Substitute Notice Concerning Tracking Pixels Breach
The Charlotte Observer reports: Atrium Health publicly apologized to patients and is notifying people who may have been impacted by an online data disclosure spanning 4 1/2 years before the pandemic, the healthcare giant announced Monday. Personal information may have been sent to third-party vendors such as Google, Facebook (now Meta) and similar media platforms…
HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles with Holy Redeemer Hospital Over Disclosure of Patient’s Protected Health Information, Including Reproductive Health Information
November 26 – Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Holy Redeemer Family Medicine (Holy Redeemer), a Pennsylvania hospital, concerning an alleged violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule due to an impermissible disclosure of a…