Entries tagged with: Health Privacy
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Federal Agency Settles Health Privacy Case with Blue Cross for $1.5 Million
The Department of Health and Human Services announced a settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield after the company’s inadequate security measures allowed 57 unencrypted hard drives containing private health information to be stolen from a facility in Tennessee. The agency...
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Medical Record Data-mining Case
Oral argument for IMS Health, Inc. v. Sorrell will take place in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 26, 2011. The case concerns a state privacy law that seeks to regulate data-mining of prescription records for commercial purposes. EPIC filed...
FTC Issues Final Breach Notification Rule for Electronic Health Information
The Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule requiring breach notification by vendors of medical records and related entities. In June, EPIC submitted comments recommending that all entities handling electronic health records be subject to the regulation and that the...
National Academies Report Calls for New Approach to Medical Privacy
As the Congress considers establishing a national network for electronic health records, a report from the Institute of Medicine recommends a new approach to medical record privacy. "Beyond the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Enhancing Privacy, Improving Health Through Research" finds that...
House Economic Recovery Bill Includes Privacy Safeguards for Medical Information
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, adopted by the House this week, includes strong privacy provisions ("Subtitle D - Privacy") for the proposed medical health network. Among the key provisions: a ban on the sale of health information,...
