Todd Shryock reports: The Confidentiality Coalition and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange sent a letter to the Commerce and HHS Secretaries outlining their concerns with allowing unregulated third-party apps to get access to patient health information. The Confidentiality Coalition is composed of a broad group of hospitals, medical teaching colleges, health plans, pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, vendors…
Category: Healthcare
Taking Care of Health Data
A new report of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) explores how pseudonymisation techniques can help increase the protection of health data. […] The report published today builds on the previous works of ENISA and explores the different techniques of pseudonymisation in the context of simple use cases. Download Deploying Pseudonymisation Techniques Read the…
Idaho’s Proposed Abortion Ban Lets Rapists’ Families Profit Off Bounties
Nick Visser reports: An Idaho bill that would allow a pregnant woman’s family members to sue abortion providers also includes a controversial twist. It would allow a rapist’s family members to sue the victim’s doctor under the same proposal, the legislation’s Republican sponsor confirmed this week. The Idaho bill, S.B. 1309, is modeled after Texas’ 6-week abortion…
UK: GP is struck off after she leaked confidential details on Instagram to cosmetic doctor about young female patient who was suing him for botched lip fillers
Stewart Carr reports: A former Harley Street doctor has been struck off after she divulged details to a cosmetic surgeon and his lawyer about a patient who was planning to sue him for alleged botched cosmetic treatment. Dr Natasha Ranga, 38, became involved in the dispute after the unnamed woman messaged her on Instagram for help while complaining…