‘What are they hiding?’: Okanagan mom denied son’s medical records after his suicide
“They went to find him for his medication and couldn’t find him. He wasn’t in his bed anymore. They knocked on the bathroom door. Nobody answered,” she said.
#suicide #medicalrecords #Canada #FraserHealth #osoyoos
https://globalnews.ca/news/11675270/okanagan-mom-denied-sons-medical-records-after-his-suicide/

‘What are they hiding?’: Okanagan mom denied son’s medical records after his suicide
“They went to find him for his medication and couldn’t find him. He wasn’t in his bed anymore. They knocked on the bathroom door. Nobody answered,” she said.
#suicide #medicalrecords #Canada #FraserHealth #osoyoos
https://globalnews.ca/news/11675270/okanagan-mom-denied-sons-medical-records-after-his-suicide/

‘What are they hiding?’: Okanagan mom denied son’s medical records after his suicide
“They went to find him for his medication and couldn’t find him. He wasn’t in his bed anymore. They knocked on the bathroom door. Nobody answered,” she said.
#suicide #medicalrecords #Canada #FraserHealth #osoyoos
https://globalnews.ca/news/11675270/okanagan-mom-denied-sons-medical-records-after-his-suicide/

‘What are they hiding?’: Okanagan mom denied son’s medical records after his suicide
“They went to find him for his medication and couldn’t find him. He wasn’t in his bed anymore. They knocked on the bathroom door. Nobody answered,” she said.
#suicide #medicalrecords #Canada #FraserHealth #osoyoos
https://globalnews.ca/news/11675270/okanagan-mom-denied-sons-medical-records-after-his-suicide/

A Terrifying Scam and the System That Made It Possible

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/a-terrifying-scam-and-the-system-that-made-it-possible

Well isn't *this* chilling. If this doesn't concern you, then...well there may be no hope for you.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/08/chatgpt_health_access_medical_records/

#news #technews #tech #technology #ai #openai #chatgpt #health #medicalrecords

Original story was posted on X

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Claude #HealthTech #OpenData #MedicalRecords #Tech

Claims Journal: New Zealand Court Acts to Stop Spread of Hacked Medical Records . “The New Zealand High Court has issued an urgent injunction barring the publication of stolen medical data after hackers accessed about 430,000 private patient documents held on a health portal used by more than a third of the country’s population.”

#OpenAI launches #ChatGPT #Health, allowing users to link #medicalrecords and apps

https://www.10tv.com/article/news/nation-world/openai-chatgpt-health/507-87e17610-0e32-4b91-b69e-e3a4588ca47d

The slopter will see you now. :clockworkheart:

#Medicine #Technology #HealthCare #MedicalRecords #AI

https://metro.co.uk/2026/01/08/chatgpt-wants-go-health-advice-hand-medical-records-26150564

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health to organize your scattered medical life

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/01/openai-chatgpt-health/

#OpenAI launched #ChatGPTHealth, allowing users to securely connect #medicalrecords and #wellnessapps to the chatbot. This feature aims to provide more relevant responses by incorporating user health information, but it is not intended for diagnosis or treatment. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/openai-chatgpt-health-medical-records.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Pennsylvania veterinary hospitals Metro Pet, Manheim Pike limit visits after cyberattack #Cyberattack #MedicalRecords #PatientRecords #VeterinaryCare #Pennsylvania #MetroPet https://dysruptionhub.com/metro-pet-vet-cyberattack-pennsylvania/

I was doing some first of the year cleaning and found that I've got a fair pile of paperwork from various doctors, dentists, etc. Nothing really major or serious, just after appt summaries, annual blood work lab reports, vaccination records, that sort of thing. Some of it goes back years before the pandemic.

MY QUESTION: what's the rule of thumb for how long I need to keep what? Like, is anyone ever going to need to know what my cholesterol reading were in 2019, or what prescription meds I took in 2021, or whether I got a flu vaccine in any flu season other than the current one?

#MedicalRecords #health #clutter #paperwork

@meiselasb.bsky.social reacts to Trump getting the tables turned on him in a lawsuit he filed where the #PulitzerPrizeBoard is now DEMANDING his #MedicalFiles as part of discovery and discusses how the #BBC should ALSO be AGGRESSIVELY seeking discovery of his #MedicalRecords youtu.be/Md-gR3iZgVU?...

Trump PANICS as Lawsuit DEMAND...

People Are Uploading Their #MedicalRecords to #AIChatbots

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/well/medical-records-chatbots.html

Who Really Owns All Your Health Data? – Lifehacker

Home, Health, Fitness

Who Really Owns All Your Health Data?

Hint: It’s not you.

By Meredith Dietz, November 6, 2025

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Sleep patterns. Heart rates. Menstrual cycles. Weight fluctuations. Medication schedules. The location of major world leaders. Every morning, millions of people strap on smartwatches, open period-tracking apps, and upload their most intimate details to the cloud. We’re told this data will optimize our health, help us live better lives. But there’s a darker question lurking beneath the surface: Who actually owns all this information, and where exactly is the line between optimization and surveillance?

First things first: What HIPAA actually protects

In discussing this topic with friends and family, most everyone I know assumed their health data enjoys robust federal protections under HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). Sadly, they’re wrong. HIPAA applies exclusively to “Covered Entities,” aka health plans and healthcare providers. The fitness tracker on your wrist? Not covered. The period-tracking app on your phone? Not covered. The sleep monitor beside your bed? You get the picture.

“When we think we are protected and we’re not—that’s when we run into danger,” says Ron Zayas, an online privacy expert and CEO of Ironwall by Incogni. “So when you let a company collect your health data, it is safe to assume two things: 1) you are not covered by HIPAA protections. and 2) the company is going to sell your data.” The reason is simple economics. Selling user information often generates more revenue than the product itself. Your health data is intensely personal, which makes it intensely valuable.

What happens when we don’t own our health data

I remember firsthand when my friends and I frantically deleted apps period-tracking apps after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. What once felt like simple tools for monitoring my cycle suddenly looked a lot like potential evidence in criminal investigations. We were terrified our menstrual data could be subpoenaed to prove we’d had abortions, and this fear wasn’t paranoid. As Zayas explains, governments can purchase the same data anyone else can and cross-reference it with location information from mobile phones. “When you had—or skipped—your period can imply if you are pregnant or trying to get pregnant,” he says. “Governments can buy this information and tie it to your recent trips to decide if you had an abortion or miscarriage.”

At the same time, I love all kinds of health-related “optimization.” I love sharing my runs on Strava and checking my sleep score on my Garmin. Outside of my vanities, health gadgets can deliver life-changing benefits—monitoring blood sugar, tracking heart rate variability, detecting irregular sleep patterns. But what happens when that data shows you’re not exercising enough, or eating poorly, or sleeping irregularly? Could your rates increase? Could you be denied coverage?

Like with the period-tracking fears, the very real concern here is that same data streams that help you feel in control of your health—that make your daily life more “optimized”—can be exploited for insurance profiling, targeted advertising, or even employment decisions, if data-sharing policies aren’t strictly controlled. Let’s take a look at the fine print to see where exactly your data is going, and what you can do to protect yourself.

The fine print nobody reads

Julia Zhen, a third-party information security risk manager at a major nonprofit, says, “If you want to know what information is being gathered and/or stored—which are two distinct acts—start with the privacy policy for the app itself.” On top of that, third parties like the Google app store have their own terms of service, creating multiple points of data collection to investigate.

Zhen recommends a shortcut: Search for keywords like “sell” or “share” within privacy policies to quickly understand what happens to your data. “Most of the time, companies are de-identifying individuals from their data because they want to aggregate information and speak to certain demographics,” she explains. That aggregation still might raise ethical concerns, but according to Zhen, it’s industry standard practice these days.

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Who Really Owns All Your Health Data? | Lifehacker

#Health #HealthData #HealthInformation #HealthInsurancePortabilityAndAccountabilityAct #HIPAA #Lifehacker #MedicalRecords #Ownership

As an IT professional, if you handle medical data in the United States, you need to be HIPAA compliant. If you're unsure if it applies to you and in what cases, this article summarizes practical compliance, the most common missteps, and the challenges of HIPAA.

#HIPAA #compliance #dataPrivacy #dataProtection #dataSecurity #medicalRecords

https://negativepid.blog/hipaa-for-it-and-security-professionals/
https://negativepid.blog/hipaa-for-it-and-security-professionals/

Are your medical records incomplete, disorganized, and missing crucial details? These gaps can make it difficult for you to understand the full picture and build a strong case.

Visit: lezdotechmed.com

#lezdotechmed #medicalrecordreviews #medicalrecords #personalinjuryattorney

#Trump

A “genius” who won't show his grades.

A “perfectly healthy” person who won't release his #medicalrecords.

An honest person who won't release his #taxes.

And a person who's against #sexualabuse of #minors who won't release the #EpsteinFiles.

Come on. Pull the other one!

#USPol #auspol #TrumpRegime