Re: NYT on fed. med-privacy rules

[Peter Mitchell <pete@dmed.demon.co.uk>]

Peter Marshall wrote:
>
> > Health & Medicine from PersonalReader.com
> > Wednesday, October 27, 1999
>
> > CLINTON PLANS TO PROTECT MEDICAL PRIVACY
>
> > The New York Times scoops everybody this morning with news that President
> > Clinton will soon announce new federal rules protecting the privacy of
> > medical records. All records kept or transmitted electronically, including
> > printouts of electronic transactions, would be covered, the paper says. In
> > proposing the changes through administrative rules rather than by law,
> > Clinton is going around Congress, which has been unable to pass
> > records-privacy legislation.
> > http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/washpol/medical-privacy.html

Some scoop. As I recall, it broke some three-and-a-half years ago when
the relevant clause was written into HIPAA.

Now if Clinton says DHHS *isn't* going to publish any privacy
regulations by the deadline mandated in HIPAA ... that *will* be a
scoop.


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Pete Mitchell