On November 9, the Florida Supreme Court ruled in the case of Emma Gayle Weaver, etc. v. Stephen C. Myers, M.D., et al., that the right to privacy under the Florida Constitution does not end upon an individual’s death. Fox partner and HIPAA Privacy & Security Officer Elizabeth Litten recently reacted to the decision
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Death and HIPAA Privacy Rights: What Would Justice Scalia Have Said?
By Elizabeth Litten on
Posted in Privacy & Security
This week’s headlines read: “Scalia’s death probably linked to obesity, diabetes and coronary artery disease, physician says” and “Scalia suffered from many health problems”. An article from a couple of weeks ago, immediately following reports of Justice Scalia’s February 13th death, reported that Scalia’s doctor said he had chronic cardiovascular…