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Medical data, including patients' identity information, health status, disease diagnosis and treatment, and biogenetic information, not only involve patients' privacy but also have a special sensitivity and important value, which may bring physical and mental distress and property loss to patients and even negatively affect social stability and national security once leaked.
A first-of-its-kind plan to tackle hospital debt in North Carolina raises questions: Will it improve lives without increasing hospital costs?
From January 2017 through June 2022, North Carolina hospitals sued 7,517 patients and their family members to collect medical debt, according to a study by Duke University School of Law faculty ...
This is a list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occur continually.
ASHEVILLE – North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued an investigative demand to HCA Healthcare, requesting that the corporation deliver 41 sets of documents and communications regarding ...
On March 30, 2017, a bill to eliminate HB2's bathroom regulations but retain other parts of the law [243] was passed by the North Carolina legislature and signed into law by Governor Roy Cooper. [ 244 ] [ 245 ] [ 246 ] The partial repeal was criticized by both conservatives and equal-rights groups. [ 14 ]
The Uniform Law Commission has proposed a model bill – the Uniform Personal Data Protection Act (“UPDPA”), which “provides a reasonable level of consumer protection without incurring the compliance and regulatory costs associated with some existing state regimes.” [2]
The newest lawsuit, filed this week in Wake County Superior court, claims the health system sent protected health information to Facebook’s parent company without patient consent, violating ...