Here is very long but wonderful article which speaks about our right to medical privacy. It gives you the steps that your data goes through and you do have to wonder, exactly how private is my medical information? Data protection: our rights to privacy
Monthly Archives: September 2006
HIPAA Cheat Sheet
HIPAA can be a very confusing topic but it is very important and all of us should know where to look for information that we need. Here is a cheat sheet that lists many of places to go for that info. HIPAA Cheat Sheet
Find Out 10 Things That Hospitals Forget To Mention
In this Aol SmartMoney article it manages to give more scare to people who probably already terrified of hospitals. Why are they afraid? Well the very first paragraph is enough to make you pale. 1. “Oops, wrong kidney.” In recent years errors in treatment have become a serious problem for hospitals, ranging from operating on…
Best of Niner Niner September 06
In Blogging Naked, Britain holds their first masturbate-a-thon and in China they put an end to funeral stripteases And in Bookadoodle Nancy Callahan continues her Getting Published series, while Starbucks sells childrens books and publishers contine to make billions Next up in Boomer 2.0 scientists try to map our neanderthal genes The unemployed…
Protecting Your Workstation
In many offices, information is often not as private as it should be. That should make you a little concerned when it comes to your supposedly private medical records. Read here to find out more about Workstation protection. Protecting Your Workstation
Cousin Stole Millions and Patient Records
In a case of two people who will be going away for a LONG time, police say two cousins stole more than 1,100 personal information from patients and then used them in a crime trilogy. After stealing the records, the pair proceeded to commit identity theft, and managed to bill more than $2.8 million dollars…