Tag: privacy
Blog Posts (15)
January 23, 2013
Diagnosing the Famous Non-Patient
Jennifer Chevinksy, B.S.
The Philippine Medical Association (PMA) has recently denounced the actions of neurologist Dr. Rustico Jimenez who publicly commented on the health status of boxer and politician, Manny Pacquiao.…
January 11, 2013
New HIPAA Guidance on De-Identification
On November 26, 2012, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the Department of Health and Human Services released new Guidance on De-identification of Protected Health Information. The new Guidance provides covered entities—defined as certain healt...September 1, 2012
AJOB's September Issue is Here!
This month’s issue features:
- On Moral Medical Repatriation
- Chimera Compulsion: Why Animals And Humans Deserve Better Arguments About Research
- Telecare for the Elderly: Concerns About Privacy, Autonomy, and Isolation
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March 5, 2009
Hey! Who Wants to Share Google Health Records?
As reported on CNET, Google is now allowing its users of its online health record service, Google Health, to share their health records with each other.…
January 16, 2009
Health Privacy Exists No Matter Who You Are
According to a recent New York Times article, “health privacy isn’t an issue when you are a legend.” The article, discussing the recent health disclosures, rumormongering, and volatile stock prices at Apple, due to Steve Jobs’ health claims that privacy isn’t a luxury that Mr.…
September 26, 2008
Doctors Flee from Epidemic
In the latest issue of the American Journal of Bioethics, Malm et al. address the question of whether physicians have a duty to treat during a public health emergency or whether the duty to heal ends where the epidemic beings.…
May 28, 2008
Unintended consequences from GINA?
Many have hailed the passage of the Genetic Information Nondescrimination Act as a major policy advance. And while there are certainly people who will benefit from the protections included in the law, Emory’s Ani B.…
April 3, 2008
Stray genetic material and expectations of privacy
Popular Mechanics recently ranked what are, in its opinion, the 10 most prophetic sci-fi movies ever. Number 1? The genetics-focused drama Gattaca.…
December 20, 2007
Surgery is not photojournalism
To go in for surgery is to become vulnerable. We’re put under anesthesia and, in some cases, literally opened up for others to see.…
October 12, 2007
Forget the carrot, here's the stick
Back in August Art wrote about company health plans that offer discounts for healthy behavior. He criticized the idea for being an invasion of privacy and added:
The emerging movement toward corporate health fascism is no friend to the chubby and wheezy among us.
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Published Articles (5)
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 12 Issue 9 - Sep 2012
Telecare, Surveillance, and the Welfare State Tom Sorell
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 8 - Aug 2011
To Friend or Not to Friend: Is That the Question for Healthcare? Summer McGee
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 11 Issue 3 - Mar 2011
Review of Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Tanfer Emin Tunc
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 10 Issue 9 - Sep 2010
Deidentification and Its Discontents: Response to the Open Peer Commentaries Mark A. Rothstein
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 5 Issue 2 - Mar 2005
Emerging Neurotechnologies for Lie-Detection: Promises and Perils Paul Root Wolpe
News (27)
March 22, 2013 5:25 pm
Judge extends order halting campus drug tests
A Missouri college’s comprehensive drug-testing plan for students will stay on hold after a federal judge extended a temporary restraining order.
March 20, 2013 12:26 pm
CVS to Workers: Tell Us How Much You Weigh or It'll Cost You $600 a Year
CVS Caremark has put its employees on notice that they need to reveal their weight or pay a monthly $50 penalty.
March 13, 2013 2:18 pm
Harvard Professors Call Ethics of Email Search Into Question
Just days after news broke that Harvard administrators had secretly searched the email accounts of 16 resident deans, professors said the University may have overstepped its bound, calling its own policies into question.
January 30, 2013 4:28 pm
Psychiatrists, mental health advocates uneasy with gun policy prescriptions (The Baltimore Sun)
The Maryland General Assembly is considering legislation to require mental health professionals to report patients who make verbal or physical threats of suicide or serious violence. Dr. Paul Appelbaum, past president of the American Psychiatric Association, said such efforts strip away the discretion of mental health professionals to decide the best course of action after hearing a troubling statement from a patient.
January 30, 2013 3:19 pm
If your genome is public, so are you, researchers find (LA Times)
Using public websites, a team has uncovered the names of supposedly anonymous people who had their DNA analyzed for research purposes. ‘Nobody can promise privacy,’ one expert says.
January 24, 2013 1:13 pm
TSA to drop X-ray airport scanners by June because of privacy concerns; other scanners staying (Yahoo News)
The Transportation Security Administration says the scanners that used a low-dose X-ray will be gone by June because the company that makes them can’t fix the privacy issues. The other airport body scanners, which produce a generic outline instead of a naked image, are staying.
January 23, 2013 4:55 pm
New HIPAA Rules Fortify Patient Privacy (MedPage Today)
Addressing 15 years of digital advances in health record information, the Department of Health and Human Services released stronger rules and protections governing patient privacy last week. The long-awaited rules enhance the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), which governs health records and patient information.
January 18, 2013 11:33 am
Texas school can force teenagers to wear locator chip: judge (Yahoo News)
A public school district in Texas can require students to wear locator chips when they are on school property, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday in a case raising technology-driven privacy concerns among liberal and conservative groups alike.
January 18, 2013 11:30 am
A Little Digging Unmasks DNA Donor Names (The Wall Street Journal)
Genetic information stored anonymously in databases doesn’t always stay that way, a new study revealed, raising concern about how much privacy participants in research projects can expect in the Internet era.
December 10, 2012 6:57 pm
Vote ends on Facebook privacy changes, for good (Computerworld)
The user vote over Facebook’s latest proposed privacy policy change is over and the results showed two things: Facebook overwhelming got the go-ahead to make its policy changes and it showed just how apathetic the site’s users are about online privacy.