[Med-privacy] Health Dept. monitoring

[Peter Marshall]

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=A0Bloomberg.com: U.S. - New York City to Register, Monitor 500,000=20
Diabetics

  The program approved by the Board of Health today, the first of its=20
kind for a patient population as large as New York's, will require=20
laboratories to send the health department blood test results showing=20
any abnormally high level of hemoglobin A1C, a three-month average=20
measure of glucose indicating diabetes. The department will then notify=20=

patients and their doctors.

[...]

  Reporting of test results -- criticized by some as an invasion of=20
patient privacy and physicians' prerogatives -- will begin as soon as=20
possible. Officials said that in 2007, they intend to start a pilot=20
treatment plan in the Bronx, where telephone surveys have found at=20
least 18 percent of adults have diabetes.

[...]

  Those opposed to the plan, including the Association of American=20
Physicians and Surgeons, the National Lawyers Guild and the National=20
Libertarian Party, express concern that the registry could lead to=20
higher insurance premiums for patients or denial of life, health or car=20=

insurance coverage.

  ``This tracking plan would appear to violate each citizen's right to=20=

medical informational privacy,'' those groups said in an August letter=20=

to the Health Department.

[...]

  A laboratory that fails to report blood-sugar results to the city=20
would be in violation of the city's health code, bringing warnings and=20=

possible fines, department counsel Wilfredo Lopez said.

  The Health Department already requires the reporting of individuals=20
diagnosed with contagious diseases such as tuberculosis and Hepatitis=20
C, and non-communicable conditions such as cancer, lead poisoning and=20
low-birth weight.

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The program approved by the Board of Health today, the first of its
kind for a patient population as large as New York's, will require
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measure of glucose indicating diabetes. The department will then
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Reporting of test results -- criticized by some as an invasion of
patient privacy and physicians' prerogatives -- will begin as soon as
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treatment plan in the Bronx, where telephone surveys have found at
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Those opposed to the plan, including the Association of American
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Libertarian Party, express concern that the registry could lead to
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``This tracking plan would appear to violate each citizen's right to
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laboratory that fails to report blood-sugar results to the city would
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The Health Department already requires the reporting of individuals
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