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Transparency in Privacy
March 12, 2010 11:35 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Last month, I reported that the Office for Civil Rights had posted a list of covered entities with privacy breaches affecting more than 500 patients. The list is part of the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) new obligations under HITECH. Read More...
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Patient Records Missing in Ontario
December 28, 2009 9:11 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Patients who received an H1N1 or seasonal flu shot at a Durham, Ontario, clinic are facing unexpected side effects from their visit. But it doesn't have anything to do with the vaccine. More than 80,000 patients are at risk for medical identity theft Read More...
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On the Record
September 30, 2009 11:24 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
With all the prep for next week's American Health Information Management Association Convention and Exhibit and our HIM Team of the Year coverage (Yes, we have a winner!), I've been neglecting my Google Alerts. Well, I found some time this morning to Read More...
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HIPAA be damned?
July 14, 2009 8:05 AM by Lynn Jusinski
[Editor's note: This is a guest blog by ADVANCE for Nurses editor Lyn A.E. McCafferty, who contributes to the "ADVANCE Perspective: Nurses " blog featured on the ADVANCE for Nurses Web site.] If you think the fictional Nurse Jackie and HawthoRNe are bad Read More...
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Abortion Records Go on Long, Strange Trip
February 24, 2009 4:05 PM by Lynn Jusinski
When patient records of women receiving abortions made their way from the Sedgwick County, KS, court to the Johnson County, KS, district attorney's office and then probably on to somewhere in Virginia and then back to Johnson County, KS, that's an issue Read More...
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