Lawsuit Seeks Tougher Medical Privacy Rules

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

From:         William Lawson <williamjlawson () HOTMAIL COM>
Subject: Lawsuit Seeks Tougher Medical Privacy Rules
To:           BIOMETRICS () PEACH EASE LSOFT COM

May be of interest to the BC...for such rules my force the requirement of
Biometrics.

Lawsuit Seeks Tougher Medical Privacy Rules
We all think of HIPAA as the legislation that protects the privacy of our
medical records. But a federal court judge is actually weighing evidence
that the regulations are a "broad and serious" breach of Americans' right to
medical privacy.
http://www.cio.com/archive/031504/tl_health.html



Sincerely,
Bill
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Dr. William J. Lawson, Ph.D.
Advisory Board Member,
Biometric Technologies, ICDRI
ICDRI Email: DocBill () icdri org
Tel: 813-741-3418
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