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In the news: Medical Records

• Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 15:57:46 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
• To: sthc-l@library.ucla.edu
• From: Russell A. Johnson <rjohnson@library.ucla.edu>
• Subject: In the news: Medical Records
• Message-ID: SIMEON.9903131546.A@bio-s-his004.library.ucla.edu

CNN Interactive (cnn.com) has a story today which may be of interest to 
some members of this list:  "Dumped royal medical records prompt 
British probe"
<http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9903/13/royal.records.reut/index.html>

Of as much interest, I think, are the links that cnn.com provides:

"Related Stories" includes "Medline Plus: Online medical info for 
ordinary people", whose related links lump stories about surfing for 
advice on health problems along with recent news reports about privacy 
concerns and the security of individuals' online medical records.

"Related sites" includes the Electronic Privacy Information Center's 
"Medical Records Privacy" gateway and the University of Buffalo Center 
for Clinical Ethics' "Confidentiality and Medical Records Privacy
Resources" site.


Russell Johnson