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  • HITECH Act and Protecting Health Privacy


    Information Security Resources — Authority Authority: 473
    By Doug Pollack , Chief Marketing Officer for ID Experts September 23, 2009 marked a major milestone for patient rights. That is when the new Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act took effect, requiring healthcare organizations to take more responsibility for protecting ...
    1 day ago

  • Mo docs in DC say slow down health reform train


    Political Fix — Authority Authority: 625
    From left, Dr. Geoffrey Beale, Michelle Burke, Dr. John Krause, Dr. Dennis Munson WASHINGTON — A Washington Post poll this week showed that Americans have warmed to a public option in health insurance overhaul (57 % supported it) and liberal lawmakers are pressing to…
    3 weeks ago

  • Fla. gay org works for patient visitation rights


    PinkNews.co.uk — Authority Authority: 137
    press release from SAVE Dade: Despite the recent United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruling that Jackson Memorial Hospital had no obligation to allow visitors to see patients, and that that there was no obligation to provide patients’ families, healthcare surrogates , or ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Your Patient Rights in Therapy


    World of Psychology — Authority Authority: 606
    Before you go into psychotherapy, you should be informed of your rights as a patient ahead of time by the therapist. The therapist should, in addition, give you a printed copy of something that reads similar to the below, so that you can take it home with you. We’ve long had a version of these rights here on our ...
    4 weeks ago

  • Glaxo loses Paxil lawsuit, more details


    Medical Ethics blog — Authority Authority: 99
    I have blogged about this verdict already today , but new details are beginning to emerge. The $2.5 million (US) award granted by a Philadelphia jury in a verdict handed down this morning against GlaxoSmithKline in a lawsuit over its anti-depressant Paxil is more than twice what the plaintiff was seeking. ...
    4 weeks ago

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