Companies are telling unvaccinated workers to pay more for health insurance
Citing the high costs associated with Covid illnesses, a growing number of employers are telling employees who decline to be vaccinated to pay up.
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Digital Ambulance Chasers? Law Firms Send Ads To Patients' Phones Inside ERs
Personal injury law firms are using location-based mobile ads to target people as they enter emergency rooms. The trend is raising concerns among patients and health privacy experts.
How Your Health Data Lead A Not-So-Secret Life Online
Apps can make managing health care a lot easier, but most don't have the privacy protections required of doctors and hospitals. And a simple Web search can clue in advertisers to health concerns.
Parents May Be Refused Details Of Adult Children's Medical Care
Federal and state laws are designed to protect the privacy of patients' health information. But sometimes leaving parents of adult children out of the loop can complicate the patient's recovery.
Feds' Plan To Ease Privacy Rules On Addiction Treatment Spurs Debate
Current guidelines require patients to specify who gets information about their care. But advocates of change say that restriction is out of step with the world of electronic medical records.
Privacy Violations Rising At Veterans Affairs Medical Facilities
Deceased veterans' documents were sent to the wrong widows. VA workers snooped on patients who had committed suicide. And whistleblowers contend the VA violated their medical privacy.
Small Violations Of Medical Privacy Can Hurt Patients And Erode Trust
Breaches that expose the health details of just a patient or two are proliferating nationwide. Regulators focus on larger privacy breaches and rarely take action on small ones, despite their harm.
Celebrities' Medical Records Tempt Hospital Workers To Snoop
When well-known performers receive health care, the details of their cases can leak. Electronic medical records make peeking easier — and also make it easier to catch the staffers who looked.
Despite A Wave Of Data Breaches, Fed Says Patient Privacy Isn't Dead
Hackers may have gained access to records for 11 million people covered by Premera Blue Cross. It's the latest lapse keeping an obscure government agency that investigates the breaches busy.
College Rape Case Shows A Key Limit To Medical Privacy Law
A woman who is suing the University of Oregon for mishandling her rape case could have her own medical records used against her in court. Yes, that's legal.