Bioetikos naujienos

Kansas AG Kline Says Request for Late-Term Abortion Records Motivated by Protecting Children; Opponent Says it Violated Medical Privacy

Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline (R), who is running for re-election in November, on Friday said he not was trying to further a political agenda but to protect children when he sought access to the medical records of 90 women and girls who in 2003 underwent late-term abortions at two clinics, the Dodge City Daily Globe reports (Swanson, Dodge City Daily Globe, 8/30).

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Doctors concerned over e-records

Doctors are raising a series of concerns about the confidentiality of the electronic care records system.

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Paskelbta Medikų ir pacientų santykiai | Komentarai įrašui Doctors concerned over e-records yra išjungti

Consent not needed to test patients in emergency

In a public-health emergency, suspected victims would no longer have to give permission before experimental tests could be run to determine why they’re sick, under a federal rule published Wednesday.

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Government takes soft line on medical privacy

Of the 19,420 grievances lodged so far, the most common allegations have been that personal medical details were wrongly revealed, information was poorly protected, more details were disclosed than necessary, proper authorization was not obtained or patients were frustrated getting their own records.

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Paskelbta Medikų ir pacientų santykiai | Komentarai įrašui Government takes soft line on medical privacy yra išjungti

Medicare data left on hotel computer

Social Security numbers and other personal information for nearly 17,000 Medicare beneficiaries could have been compromised when an insurance company employee called up the data on a hotel computer and then failed to delete the file.

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GPs dissatisfied with IT system

Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the British Medical Association’s GPs committee, said there were concerns over patient confidentiality that needed to be addressed before the scheme was rolled out.

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Paskelbta Medikų ir pacientų santykiai | Komentarai įrašui GPs dissatisfied with IT system yra išjungti

Operation 21st century

Will the much-vaunted 6.2 billion NHS e-revolution work? Sam Lister visits the first hospital phasing it in.

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E-mail gaffe reveals HIV, AIDS names

WEST PALM BEACH – A highly confidential list of the names and addresses of 4,500 Palm Beach County residents with AIDS and 2,000 others who are HIV positive was e-mailed Thursday to more than 800 county health department employees.

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Millions for genetic technology

A major expansion of the use of genetic technology to tackle medical problems has been announced by Health Secretary John Reid.

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Paskelbta Sveikatos resursų skirstymo problemos | Komentarai įrašui Millions for genetic technology yra išjungti

Let students take drugs to boost brainpower, says leading academic

Students should be allowed to take “smart drugs”, such as Ritalin, to help boost their academic performance, a leading academic has suggested. John Harris, professor of bioethics and director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation at the University of Manchester, said the government and medical profession should “seriously consider” making cognition-enhancing drugs available to students without prescription, or allowing them to be prescribed for non-therapeutic purposes, such as studying.

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