Global Surveillance Week
Welcome to the Panopticon. Or surveillance circle-jerk. With apologies to Tom Lehrer, Global Surveillance Week! Chinese spy on the Japanese Russians Spy on the Chinese Indians Spy on the Pakistanis […]
Posts Tagged ‘News’
Cross a border, lose your ebooks
Here’s another excellent reason to NEVER buy digital content from iTunes, Google Play or Kindle. Cross the border, lose your content… Jim O’Donnell was at a library conference in Singapore […]
Security vs Privacy
How much privacy are you willing to give up for security? This conversation has dominated the headlines in recent months and participants in a recent poll on the ASIS LinkedIn Group were […]
Hospital must implement revised policies for telephone messages
Hospital Implements New Minimum Necessary Polices for Telephone Messages Covered Entity: General Hospital Issue: Minimum Necessary; Confidential Communications A hospital employee did not observe minimum necessary requirements when she left […]
Radiologist sanctioned for relying on incorrect billing information
Radiologist Revises Process for Workers Compensation Disclosures Covered Entity: Health Care Provider Issue: Impermissible Uses and Disclosures A radiology practice that interpreted a hospital patient’s imaging tests submitted a worker’s […]
Private Practice must Provide Access to All Records, Regardless of Source
Private Practice Provides Access to All Records, Regardless of Source Covered Entity: Private Practice Issue: Access A private practice denied an individual access to his records on the basis that […]
State Hospital Sanctions Employees for Disclosing Patient's PHI
State Hospital Sanctions Employees for Disclosing Patient’s PHI Covered Entity: Health Care Provider / General Hospital Issue: Impermissible Disclosure A nurse and an orderly at a state hospital discussed the […]
Dentist required to change records storage and office layout
Dentist Revises Process to Safeguard Medical Alert PHI Covered Entity: Health Care Provider Issue: Safeguards, Minimum Necessary An OCR investigation confirmed allegations that a dental practice flagged some of its […]
Physician required to update Faxing Procedures to Safeguard PHI
Physician Revises Faxing Procedures to Safeguard PHI Covered Entity: Health Care Provider Issue: Safeguards A doctor’s office disclosed a patient’s HIV status when the office mistakenly faxed medical records to […]
Large Health System required to Restricts Provider's Use of Patient Records, Nurse sanctioned
Large Health System Restricts Provider’s Use of Patient Records Covered Entity: Multi-Hospital Healthcare Provider Issue: Impermissible Use A nurse practitioner who has privileges at a multi-hospital health care system and […]
