Communities Adjust to Medical Privacy Laws
March 13th, 2005
Practices which helped neighbors stay connected in this community of 1,200 and others like it across the country are largely gone — partly because...
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Doctors, patients grapple with specifics of privacy rule
March 8th, 2005
Howard Miller’s office is primed for privacy. The computers have plastic shields to ward off prying eyes. The patient files are coded by number,...
Testimony of Dr. Alan F. Westin, Professor of Public Law & Government Emeritus, Columbia University, and Director of the Program on Information Technology, Health Records, and Privacy
February 23rd, 2005
INTRODUCTION
Good morning. My name is Alan Westin. I am Professor of Public Law & Government Emeritus, Columbia University, and Director of the Program...
U.S. PUBLIC SHARPLY DIVIDED ON PRIVACY RISKS OF ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS
February 23rd, 2005
February 23, 2005//Hackensack, NJ:U.S. adults are divided right down the middle on whether the potential privacy risks associated with a patient electronic medical record...
Bush cousin opposes Markey on bill
February 17th, 2005
Representative Edward J. Markey, who has been touting a bill to keep thousands of data-entry jobs generated by healthcare companies from going overseas, ran...
Only felons should lose DNA privacy
February 16th, 2005
In November voters passed Proposition 69, requiring all felons to submit DNA to a statewide database. Two months later, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies...
Teen sex reporting rule may threaten doctor-patient confidentialit
February 14th, 2005
Kansas officials want doctors to report any sexual activity by someone younger than 16 as sexual abuse, a requirement that physicians say would harm...
SENATE BILL REPORT SB 5158
February 10th, 2005
As Reported By Senate Committee On:
Health & Long-Term Care, February 10, 2005
Title: An act relating to making certain provisions in the uniform health care...
Court Considers Challenge of Patient Privacy Regulations
February 9th, 2005
Federal regulations that took effect two years ago have made it harder for people to keep their medical files private, a lawyer for a...
Clash over public access rights and patient confidentiality sparks tria
February 5th, 2005
A world expert and two of his university colleagues have been charged with court obstruction by the Swedish parliamentary ombudsman and now face a...