CHECK YOU HIPAA
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Health Care / Medicine, Privacy, Technology
Proposed Law Would Extend HIPAA Protection To Records Of Substance-Abuse Patients
This law could help prevent more deaths from drug overdoses. -
Health Care / Medicine, Privacy
9 HIPAA Settlements So Far This Year
In the world of health IT, there have already been a plethora of HIPAA settlements. - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Health Care / Medicine, In-House Counsel
Counseling Through An In-House Crisis
Here's a cautionary tale of how NOT to act in a crisis.
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Health Care / Medicine, Privacy
It’s Time To Preempt State Medical Privacy Laws That Differ From HIPAA
Navigating regulatory hurdles in digital health. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 12.02.16
* Tony Mauro hangs out with Meg Ryan — no, not the actress, but the SCOTUS clerk and JAG lawyer turned judge and possible Supreme Court nominee. [National Law Journal via How Appealing]
* Speaking of SCOTUS, ain’t no mountain high enough for the Notorious RBG. [The Onion]
* New partner watch: congrats to the three new partners at an elite boutique (that just announced nice bonuses): Blair Kaminsky, Neil Lieberman, and Daniel Sullivan. [Holwell Shuster & Goldberg]
* During this holiday season, help two lawyers help the homeless. [What About Clients?]
* If you have to ask whether something is allowed under HIPAA, the answer is probably no. [MedCity News]
* Orin Kerr on the latest skirmish in the “Magistrate’s Revolt” — an opinion by Magistrate Judge James Orenstein that Kerr believes is “clearly wrong.” [Volokh Conspiracy]
* Did the media misread Donald Trump during the campaign, taking him literally but not seriously (when it should’ve been the other way around)? [Althouse]
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Bad Ideas, Facebook, Health Care / Medicine, Privacy, Screw-Ups, Social Networking Websites, Technology
ER Doc Forgets Patient Info is Private, Gets Fired for Facebook Overshare
I’m done whining about Facebook privacy issues. Everyone should know by now that Facebook and privacy are basically mutually exclusive. But every once in a while, someone does something stupid relating to Facebook privacy in a new, exciting way — like stealing a computer and posting photos of yourself on the owner’s page, or uploading […]