Note: Any informed reader will already know that HIPAA has no private cause of action. I wish the headline of this news story had not been misleading, but I suppose Newsweek’s editors could say, “Well people did call for it, so we’re reporting it even though it can’t happen.” Andrew Stanton reports: Calls mounted on…
Category: Healthcare
Leaked: Draft Version of the European Health Data Space Regulation
Kristof Van Quathem, Sam Jungyun Choi, and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington and Burling write: On March 3, 2022, a leaked version of the proposal for a regulation setting up the European Health Data Space was published. The draft regulation will set up a common framework across EU Member States for the sharing and…
Violation Of Patient Privacy During ECG, Hiranandani Hospital Suspends Housekeeping Staff
Medical Dialogues reports: Mumbai: Following the controversy at the Hiranandani Hospital where a housekeeping staff walked in during a 35-year- old woman author’s electrocardiogram (ECG) test, the internal committee of the hospital suspended the housekeeper on Tuesday. Earlier the committee told that they would conduct an investigation on Monday. As a result, they submitted the…
Health Data Privacy Key to Clinical Research of Native Communities
Hannah Nelson reports: Clinical researchers who collect and analyze health data from Native communities have a unique responsibility to protect this information in ways that align with the data privacy preferences of specific communities, according to a study published in JAMIA. Researchers ran a workshop with 14 tribal leaders to co-design a research study to assess preferences concerning…