Nicole Acevdeo reports: A nurse in Florida has been fired after posting photos of a baby born with a birth defect on social media, according to hospital officials. Officials at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami first learned of the incident on Sept. 8, Lidia Amoretti, a hospital spokesperson, told NBC News in an email…
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Brit law firm files suit against Google and Deepmind over use of hospital patients’ data
Lindsay Clark reports: A UK law firm is bringing legal action on behalf of patients it says had their confidential medical records obtained by Google and DeepMind Technologies in breach of data protection laws. Mishcon de Reya said today it planned a representative action on behalf of Mr Andrew Prismall and the approximately 1.6 million individuals whose…
We can’t release medical records of ‘missing but found woman’ now – Administrator of Takoradi Hospital
I’m not sure I understand how they could release even the number of visits or approximate dates, but I am not expert on Ghana’s medical privacy laws and exceptions. Modern Ghana reports: The Administrator of the Takoradi Hospital, Rev. Osei Boateng, says the facility is holding in confidence the medical records of Josephine Panyin Mensah,…
COVID-19 Vaccine Verification Frameworks: Emerging Standards Seek to Balance Privacy Concerns With Public Health Benefits
Danielle Kehl and Libbie Canter of Covington and Burling write: As COVID-19 vaccination becomes required in more personal and professional contexts, several different frameworks have emerged that propose both guiding principles and technical requirements for vaccine verification systems, including those developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Good Health Pass Collaborative (GHPC). Digital…