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[Peter Marshall <techdiff@ix.netcom.com>]

>Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:38:57 -0500
>From: Center for Social & Legal Research <pab@idt.net>
>Organization: Privacy & American Business
>To: ctrslr@aol.com
>Subject: PX NewsFlash; January 29, 1999
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>PXNEWSFLASH				January 29, 1999
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U.S. Healthcare Groups Recommend National Health Privacy Framework

>The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
>(JCAHO) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) are
>recommending the development of a national framework to protect patient
>privacy. In a report issued late last year, both groups warn that
>patients who do not believe sensitive health information will be
>protected by healthcare providers may limit the information they share
>with doctors, a practice that could lead to misdiagnosis and
>inappropriate treatment. January 11, 1999.
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>The full text of the report is available for download at:
>www.ncqa.org/news/confrel.htm
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