The National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University will host an ethics education intensive April 24-27, 2012. More information is available on the university’s website.

Nature reports the Minnesota Department of Health has started destroying archival blood samples that were the focus of a lawsuit over the unauthorized retention and use of specimens collected from newborns for genetic screening. The state had been collecting the specimens…

Redspin, an information security company, has published an analysis of publicly available data on health information breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services since new rules under the HITECH Act of 2009 became effective. The report indicates…

Webinar is scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 15, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM ET. The following topics will be addressed during this webinar: Specific internet research settings and conditions for consent How to apply Common Rule regulatory requirements for…

The US Office of Civil Rights (OCR), part of the Department of Health and Human Services, plans to audit about 150 HIPAA covered entities during 2012. Twenty of those audits will be part of a pilot phase being carried out…