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Fwd: NYTimes.com Article: A Privacy Law's Unintended Results

• Date:   Tue, 03 Jun 2003 09:18:54 -0400
• To:   sthc-l@library.ucla.edu
• From:   Stephen E. Novak <sen13@columbia.edu>
• Subject:   Fwd: NYTimes.com Article: A Privacy Law's Unintended Results
• Message-ID:   3EDCA03E.3EAC658F@columbia.edu

For those of you who have patient information in your collection, this
article in today's NY Times about the unintended consequences of the
HIPAA privacy rule may comfort you: it's not just archivists and
librarians who are confused.

Steve
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Stephen E. Novak
Head, Archives & Special Collections
Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library
Columbia University
 
  A Privacy Law's Unintended Results
 
  June 3, 2003
  By LAURIE TARKAN
 
  Hailed as important legislation by many consumer groups, new
  medical privacy rules now in effect nationwide have had
  unintended consequences.
 
  http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/03/health/03PRIV.html?ex=1055649071&ei=1&en=c541923a59aa59dd

  Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company