[Med-privacy] variation on "medical privacy": *Physician* Records May Be Opened!

[Jim Warren]

At 8:48 AM -0400 8/30/00, Michael Ravnitzky <mikerav@IX.NETCOM.COM> 
wrote in FOI-L:

>Bill may open doctor files
>House committee chairman wants to give public access to M.D.'s secret files
>http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/08/28/life/wires/q_doctor_wg/
>
>Associated Press
>WASHINGTON (AP) - Patients will be able to examine the government's secret
>dossiers on their doctors, including disciplinary actions and malpractice
>payments, if a House committee chairman gets his way.
>
>Rep. Tom Bliley, R-Va., chairman of the House Commerce Committee, plans to
>introduce legislation next week to give the public access to the federal
>data bank that tracks critical records on health care providers.