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HIPAA Blog

Discussion of medical privacy issues buried in political arcana.
By Jeffery P. Drummond

Post Frequency: 2/day

Last Entry: October 20, 2020 at 17:00:01

who really pays?

Posted on March 28, 2008
Who really pays for healthcare? Please read this article. I get so bugged when people say, reflexively, that "the government ought to pay for" this or that. I also get bugged when people say corporations or businesses ought to pay. The government doesn't have money, at least not its own...

CareFirst BCBS (baltimore) data release

Posted on March 27, 2008
Maryland HMO accidently releases data: Dates of birth and social security numbers were inadvertently accessible through a website of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield's dental HMO. No known ID theft from it yet, but free credit checking has been offered.

Dr. Woodcock

Posted on March 27, 2008
[Off topic] OK, I'll admit it: I'm totally juvenile. But still, read this article, and see if you can see what made me snort coffee out my nose. This type of post is why Jackson Walker won't let me put this blog on jw.com.

Texas AG - CVS

Posted on March 27, 2008
CVS Settles with the Texas AG: I've reported before on the complaint filed by the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, against CVS, after some dumpster-diving showed that CVS was throwing out, in the regular trash, paper records that contained PHI. The case has been settled, with CVS agreeing to institute new policies and procedures to protect information, and paying a $315,000 fine...

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video - information security

Posted on March 26, 2008
New Video: on information security in a healthcare environment.

NYT editorial on NIH data loss

Posted on March 26, 2008
Editorializing: Here's a stupid editorial by the NY Times (wait, is that redundant?) on how the NIH breach points out the need for a new medical privacy law. As you probably know (I didn't even blog about it, it was so heavily covered), a researcher at the National Institutes of Health had stolen from the trunk of his/her car a laptop with information about cardiac imaging patients...

Heparin, Chinese contamination

Posted on March 21, 2008
Slightly Off-Topic: Heparin with MSG: You've doubtless heard about the tainted Heparin causing deaths in America. Turns out the blood thinner in question was manufactured in China, and instead of the proper ingredients had over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate in it...

HIPAA video

Posted on March 19, 2008
This week's HIPAA video: More video; this week, it's on a recent study of the implications of HIPAA on medical research and electronic medical records. Ain't the internet cool? Thanks, Al Gore!

provider's privacy

Posted on March 17, 2008
Who gets medical privacy? That's an interesting question discussed in this article in the Miami Herald. Do medical practitioners, who are expected to protect the medical record privacy of their patients, deserve the same privacy rights when they are being investigated for substance abuse or similar impairments, where their medical records are part ofthe investigation and proof?

Britney

Posted on March 15, 2008
Clinton, Clooney, . . . and now Britney: 13 UCLA Medical Center employees have been fired, and 6 doctors face disciplinary action, after they all wrongfully snooped into Britney Spears' medical records. The hospital warned them, but they didn't listen.

Health Privacy Project

Posted on March 12, 2008
Meet the new boss: The Health Privacy Project has been adopted by the Center for Democracy and Technology.

video

Posted on March 12, 2008
This week's HIPAA summit video: Privacy and Security lessons from outside the health sector.

EHR features

Posted on March 11, 2008
What can your EHR do for you? A lot; if it's set up and connected right, an electronic health record can not only store your information, it can capture new information and push your medical information out to your hospital and physicians. Obviously, all that sharing raises privacy issues...

Compliance resources: Just added

Posted on March 06, 2008
Compliance resources: Just added a couple of links to the left: Compliance Home Regulatory Compliance Portal, which contains lots of HIPAA compliance resources, and the Supremus Group's on-line HIPAA training site.

Web Video on HIPAA Privacy Enforcement:

Posted on March 04, 2008
Web Video on HIPAA Privacy Enforcement: Saw this recently, and it's really worth watching. It's from the 16th National HIPAA Summit, and it's Linda Sanches' presentation on privacy rule enforcement. Linda's the Senior Advisor to OCR's privacy training and outreach efforts.

Another reader question

Posted on March 04, 2008
Another reader question: I recently brought my daughter to the emergency room. They gave me several forms to sign. One form stated "Please sign below to acknowledge that you HAVE RECIEVED...." and basically listed the Hipaa statement and the Patient Bill of Rights...