Attorney Matt Fisher writes: What is the status of a patient foundation when it comes to coverage of privacy regulations, with the primary regulation to consider being HIPAA? The typical answer will be a complete disconnect. The usual patient foundation is organized to represent groups of individuals. The foundation could be independently created by individuals…
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CDC Says 10% Of COVID Swabs Sent to Genome Lab, Raising Privacy Questions
Patricia McKnight reports: If you took a COVID-19 PCR test, there’s a chance your swab may have been sent to scientists around the globe for genomic sequencing analysis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. In a tweet, the CDC said five to 10 percent of COVID PCR tests are sent to labs for mapping “genomic…
Florida House passes ban on abortion after 15 weeks, sends bill to Senate
Gabriella Borter reports: Florida’s House of Representatives passed a bill to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy late on Wednesday, a measure several Republican-led states are pushing as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of such limits. Read more at Reuters.
Willful wrongdoing by healthcare workers continues to pose problems
Snooping through patient records continues to be a serious problem in the healthcare sector — and it’s not country-specific. Here are two articles that showed up in my news searches this morning. From the UK: NHS disciplines more than two staff a day for mishandling medical records, with employees caught snooping on files of friends,…