[Med-privacy] State Privacy Protections and Civil Suits Concerned with HIPAA Law

[Jeff Williams]

pmarshall and all,

pmarshall wrote:

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> >  This would indicate to me that either stronger or different medical
> >privacy laws by state are needed or each state needs to enact
> >better and perhaps stronger medical privacy practices/legislation..
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> Has generally been the case for some time....

  Agreed.  However such privacy legislation seems to be heading
in the opposite direction...

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> >  The alternative is a change to the Medical Privacy Act
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> Eh? What's that?

?????

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> > which would
> >also seem to be in conflict with the Patriot Act in some sections
> >thereof...
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> The "change" or the "MPA?"

  The change IMHO.  Conflicting security and privacy laws
cannot by definition be a good or best practice and function
cooperatively...

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> >  Privacy of medical information is A key to the war on terror....
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> Or a lack of such privacy...?

  No!  Definitely not!  Stronger medical privacy serves as a tool
to fighting the war on terror, not lack there of...

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Regards,

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