Matt Fisher of Carium writes: Caring for adolescents is already complex given all of the changes that children experience as they grow up. The complexity arises not just with the delivery of care though. Clinicians and organizations also face a number of challenges concerning access to patient records. The issue [Read More…]
Jeannie Baumann reports: A 2021 FTC settlement with fertility app Flo Health Inc. after it allegedly compromised users’ sensitive health information offers a window into how the federal government could partially protect that data if Roe v. Wade is overturned. The leak of a draft Supreme Court decision reversing Roe prompted calls to delete [Read More…]
Kendall Heebink writes: A plaintiff filed suit against defendant Prisma Health and third party defendant RevMD Partners LLC on Monday in the District of South Carolina. The complaint for damages and injunctive relief cites violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Read [Read More…]
Amy Phipps reports: A pregnant nurse has accused a health trust of sweeping an information breach under the carpet, after her doctor ex-boyfriend accessed her medical records. Tanya Sunrise, 38, said she felt her privacy had been violated by the consultant at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust. Miss Sunrise [Read More…]