RE: HIPAA Update

[Paul Nash <Paul_Nash@opuscomm.com>]

You can obtain the article on-line at www.seattletimes.com. Go into the
archives and do a search for "medical records." The article is entitled
"Man ordered to return 10,000 abortion records." It ran on June 10.

Paul Nash

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> From: 	Paul Nash
> Reply To: 	med-privacy@essential.org
> Sent: 	Thursday, June 17, 1999 9:40 AM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list MED-PRIVACY
> Subject: 	RE: HIPAA Update
> 
> Regarding comment #2 . . . there was a very interesting article in the
> Seattle Times on June 10 about a man who spent two years dumpster
> diving
> behind abortion clinics in California. He uncovered 10,000 medical
> records. He then sent letters to 300 women informing them that their
> medical records were left "outside in an area accessible to the
> public."
> Obviously, the woman were outraged. As a result of the incident, the
> state Senate is mulling over a bill that would require providers to
> destroy patient information before disposing it, according to the
> article. 
> 
> Paul Nash
> 
> > ----------
> > From: 	Duncan Kinder
> > Reply To: 	med-privacy@essential.org
> > Sent: 	Wednesday, June 16, 1999 4:43 PM
> > To: 	Multiple recipients of list MED-PRIVACY
> > Subject: 	HIPAA Update
> > 
> > Many thanks to the individuals who responded to my request for HIPAA
> > information.  
> >  
> > To respond with some sort of contribution to the list, I would like
> to
> > make two distinct comments:
> >  
> > 1) CORBA vs. DCOM; and XML.  As most of you doubtlessly well know,
> > n-tier systems using either CORBA or DCOM are becoming more
> frequent. 
> > Furthermore, XML is on the horizon.  How to integrate HIPAA with
> these
> > new technologies should be explored.
> >  
> > 2) Dumpster diving.  I do not see any clear requirements for
> > maintaining security when dealing with the waste disposal of items
> > (disks, tapes, documents) containing data.  Dumpster diving into
> such
> > refuse is a known security threat.  Indeed, the United States
> > Environmental Protection Agency, as part of an effort to reduce
> > medical waste, actually encourages dumpster diving.  This should be
> > more carefully thought through.
> >  
> >  
> > Regards,
> >  
> > Duncan C. Kinder
> > dckinder@mountain.net
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
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