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Entries from January 2nd, 2007

How Effective are Medical Record Privacy Protections?

January 2nd, 2007 No Comments

An excellent story on medical record non-privacy appeared on 12/26/06 in the WSJ, written by Theo Francis. “Spread of Records Stirs Patient Fears Of Privacy Erosion” (original subscription version here) details how one patient’s psychotherapy notes were mixed in with her regular records and used to deny her disability claim for back pain. Her care [...]

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