/tags/medical-records Medical records en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:36:21 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-04-24/missouri-corrections-fined-60-thousand-public-records-violations-inmate-death The Missouri Western District Court of Appeals upholds finding that the state's Department of Corrections was “knowing and purposeful” in refusing to release records of inmate who committed suicide to his mother. Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:36:21 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-04-24/missouri-corrections-fined-60-thousand-public-records-violations-inmate-death Rudi Keller /government-politics-issues/2023-11-30/illinois-supreme-court-finds-medical-personnel-exemption-to-biometric-information-privacy-law The Illinois Supreme Court unanimously ruled the state's strongest-in-the-nation biometric privacy law does, in fact, exempt health care workers' biometric information collected for treatment of patients. Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:25:02 GMT /government-politics-issues/2023-11-30/illinois-supreme-court-finds-medical-personnel-exemption-to-biometric-information-privacy-law Hannah Meisel /health-science-environment/2022-06-10/race-is-used-in-medicine-as-a-shorthand-for-how-bodies-work-some-doctors-want-to-change-that Physicians have long believed it’s good medicine to consider race in health care. But recently, rather than perpetuate the myth that race governs how bodies function, a more nuanced approach has emerged: acknowledging that racial health disparities often reflect the effects of generations of systemic racism, such as lack of access to stable housing or nutritious food. Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:30:11 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-06-10/race-is-used-in-medicine-as-a-shorthand-for-how-bodies-work-some-doctors-want-to-change-that Rae Ellen Bichell, Cara Anthony /health-science-environment/2018-01-02/ssm-health-warns-29-000-patients-about-breach-of-medical-records-at-its-call-center SSM Health is reviewing its security procedures after discovering that a former employee with its customer service call center inappropriately accessed… Tue, 02 Jan 2018 23:24:19 GMT /health-science-environment/2018-01-02/ssm-health-warns-29-000-patients-about-breach-of-medical-records-at-its-call-center Mary Delach Leonard