Stephanie Richards reports: Proposed new abortion rules requiring doctors to hand over personal and medical information about their patients to the government may breach patient privacy and deter some from seeking help, legal groups have warned. Under regulations drafted by the government, hospital CEOs or doctors would be obliged to report a host of private…
Category: Healthcare
News from here and there this past week…..
Some of the news stories spotted by Joe Cadillic this past week: Social Credit Surveillance Will Reach $736M Globally By 2026: https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/5134311/socialcredit-market-by-physical-and-cyber CBP stopping and searching vehicles in Salton City, California: https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/firearm-ammo-meth-seized-vehicle-stop Court Orders The FBI To Reveal Details About Sabre Tracking More Than 1 Billion Passengers Air Travels In Real Time: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/01/court-orders-authorizing-law-enforcement-track-peoples-air-travels-real-time-must https://www.eff.org/document/forbes-media-v-united-states-eff-amicus-brief FBI…
“Big Tech’s Brazen HIPAA Violations Are Unethical, Immoral, and Legally Actionable”
Dr. David Lenihan has an OpEd on CPO that has me shaking my head “no.” He writes, in part: While one might think that U.S. doctors, pharmacies, hospitals, insurers, medical service providers, and healthcare/wellness facilities are the primary entities that could potentially leak, share, or exploit private patient data, the truth is that the most…
Quietly and over some objections, a national digital vaccine card has emerged
David Ingram reports: Whether they realize it or not, about 200 million people in the United States now likely have access to a Covid-19 digital vaccine card. The digital pass known as the SMART Health Card is voluntary and minimal by design to protect personal information. It has a person’s name, date of birth and…