How Perez Hilton Set the Stage for Kanye West’s Medical-Records Breach
Electronic medical records made it easy to both peep and catch peepers at confidential patient information. By Francie…
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Your Medical Records Are in Danger
Lessons from a year reporting on loopholes and lax enforcement of the federal patient-privacy law known as HIPAA.
The Abortion Clinic Dumpster Dive
Garbage has become an unlikely battleground in the abortion debate, as anti-abortion groups seek evidence of privacy violations in clinics’ trash. “Is it a little bit on the sketchy side?” one activist said of such tactics. “Yeah, maybe.”
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.