They do know...

Posted By: MT on 2009-01-31
In Reply to: A lot of people don't know about this. - sm

I have seen this article posted more times than I can count on this site over the years. It's old and pointless now. It was written in 2003. It is now 2009. Nothing has been done. HIPAA is not even fully inforced in the US, and that should be the first issue addressed. BTW, you might enjoy reading this article that I posted below (it's a recent article, too): http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/06/05/ep.online.records/index.html

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a dumb question (please don't blast me) ... sm - dem
- Here's one potential reason why... - sm
  - Please, please, please... - MT
    - A lot of people don't know about this. - sm
      - They do know... - MT
  - And here's the followup article to that one... - sm
- Identity Theft is one reason - TravelinMT
  - I keep thinking - Tori
- Most medical records contain YOUR phone number, - address, names of relatives, and - sm
  - Yes, all the info we are told to keep as private as possible - is right there to take
    - Just because work is outsourced, unless - sm
  - The actual medical record contains - sm
- Maybe - Sanda
  - Unhealthy? - grasshopper
    - Indian people - Cindy

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