The (Unwitting) Grandmothers of Snapchat
A review found 35 cases since 2012 in which nursing home or assisted living workers surreptitiously shared photos or videos of residents on social media. At least 16 cases involved Snapchat.
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Forget the Anthem Breach, Small-Scale Violations of Medical Privacy Often Cause the Most Harm
Breaches that expose the health details of just a patient or two are proliferating nationwide. Regulators focus on larger privacy violations and rarely take action on small ones, despite the harm.
How One of the Biggest For-Profit Nursing Home Groups Flourishes Despite a Record of Patient Harm
New York's “character-and-competence” reviews are supposed to weed out operators with histories of violations and fines—but regulators don’t always act on the full story.
Patient Privacy Isn’t Dead
Yet another health insurer recently reported a massive data breach, affecting the financial and medical information of 11 million people. We asked the head of the federal agency tasked with investigating these issues whether the notion of patient privacy was outmoded.
Why Isn’t the Department of Health and Human Services Penalizing More Hospitals for Failing to Protect Medical Records?
Federal health watchdogs say they are cracking down on organizations that don’t protect the privacy and security of patient records, but data suggests otherwise.
Medicare Fraud Remains Rampant, Audacious
The government launched a task force against fraud, but abuse of the system is just too easy.
Sarah Versus the Data
When a child is deemed suitable for an adult organ transplant, why are they put at the end of the donation line?