article thumbnail

Report: Facebook Tracker Collecting Hospital Patient PHI

Compliancy Group

Use of Tracker by Hospitals Likely Violates HIPAA. An investigation by The Markup and Stat has uncovered a tracking tool used by 33 of the country’s top 100 hospitals that collects patients’ protected health information (PHI) and sends it to Facebook—including details about medical conditions, prescriptions, and physician appointments.

article thumbnail

New Portable MRI Revolutionizing Brain Research Demands Ethical and Legal Innovation

Bill of Health

But because MRI scanners are expensive and require extensive infrastructure, they have mostly been housed in hospitals and large research institutions. Traditional MRI brain scanning has transformed neuroscience research. pMRI can also help to enlarge and diversify the makeup of the MRI research community.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

An Ob/Gyn Reflects on Dobbs: ‘The Time Has Passed for Neutrality’

Bill of Health

Recently, an account on social media alleged that a patient with an ectopic pregnancy in a state with trigger laws experienced a nine hour delay in treatment as she bled internally because the hospital Ethics and Legal Counsel had to be consulted about whether or not the pregnancy tissue could be removed.

Doctors 261
article thumbnail

A Human Rights Approach to Personal Information Technology

Bill of Health

hospital or EHR vendor) intervention or surveillance. Either way, the ability to freely choose one’s partner or licensed fiduciary is a core human right. A wallet secured with a face or other biometric adds speed and security to the authentication step. Requests for information (forms, searches, conversations).

article thumbnail

The 2021 Shkreli Awards: Lown Institute Counts Down the Top 10 Healthcare Industry Abuses in the Coronavirus Pandemic

Health Populi

When he led Turing Pharmaceuticals in 2015, he acquired a license for the drug Daraprim (an anti-malarial therapy also used for HIV/AIDS), raising the drug price from $13.50 7: Hospitals punish professionals for wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) in institutions. a pill to $750 a pill.