My school, the University of Minnesota, is seeking applicants for a very cool job that mixes expertise in law, policy, technology, medicine, and ethics. You can check out the full job announcement; a taste follows:
The Associate Director of Research & Education for the Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life [...]
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I’ve talked before about how front-line health care workers withhold information because they misunderstand privacy law (or sometimes use it as an excuse). Now it appears the same problem helped bring about the horrific Virginia Tech shootings earlier this year. The state panel investigating the incident has released its final report, which blames [...]
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[Cross-posted at Concurring Opinions]
This morning, vindication! When a long New York Times investigative piece says exactly what you have been saying for a long time, it feels very good.
So it is with this morning’s thumbsucker [reg/$$ req'd] about the ridiculous overzealousness and misunderstanding of HIPAA by health care professionals. HIPAA is the Clinton-era law [...]
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[UPDATE: The blogger in question responds in the comments below and at Frank's original post. Meanwhile, Mike Madison chimes in.]
We’re all familiar with the sort of identity theft where bad guys steal your personal data in order to get access to your money — or more often your good credit history — for financial gain. [...]
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Filed under: Anonymity, Blogging, Court Decisions, Digital Media, Health Law, ISP, Intermediaries, Privacy, Search Engines, civil procedure
George Will writes about genetic testing in Newsweek – his concern is that the recommendation by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that all pregnant women be tested for Down syndrome will lead women to abort babies with the syndrome. According to Will, “diagnosing Down syndrome can have only the purpose of enabling—and, in [...]
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One of the key projects for the Bush administration is spurring the adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs). To that end, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the Inspector General have promulgated (in the Federal Register) new rules that let hospitals, along with some other health entities, donate hardware, [...]
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The New York Times publishes an article on how people make medical decisions: apparently, we’re more willing to subject others (including our children) to a vaccine with a low but real risk that protects against a more dangerous type of flu. The author of the underlying study suggests a “sense of responsibility” forces people [...]
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The Washington Post reported this morning that the provisions of the HIPAA that safeguard privacy of medical records have been enforced very lightly by the Department of Health and Human Services. From the story:
In the three years since Americans gained federal protection for their private medical information, the Bush administration has received thousands of complaints [...]
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