I missed this one over the holiday week. Thankfully, Joe Cadillic didn ‘t miss it. Jesse Scheckner reported: A bill filed in the Florida House this week would allow law enforcement agencies to help hospitals identify unidentified patients and empower social workers to make decisions about patients’ continued care. HB 1021, which Republican Rep. Juan Fernandez-Barquin of…
Category: Healthcare
Mass General Brigham, Dana-Farber to pay $18.4M settlement over privacy allegations
Jessica Bartlett reports: Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have agreed to pay a combined $18.4 million settlement over allegations that the institutions fed personally identifiable information about patients to Facebook, Google and other companies. The class-action lawsuit was filed by two anonymous parties in Suffolk Superior Court in May 2019. The suit alleged…
How Private Is Your Digital Vaccine Record?
Sandy B. Garfinkel and Emma M. Lombard of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC write, in part: If you are simply carrying a photographic image of your vaccine card in your phone, phones can be, and regularly are, hacked. Or, the owner of the phone may simply have inadequate protection from unauthorized access. […] If…
Facing Your Face Mask Duties – A List of Statewide Orders
Littler Mendelson writes: Governors and public health officials across the country implemented stringent mitigation measures to help contain the spread of COVID-19. As COVID-19 case rates fluctuate, face coverings remain popular as a preventative measure. Numerous jurisdictions have encouraged—or mandated—citizens to wear face coverings when out in public, especially when social distancing cannot be maintained…