more on Feds Expose Health Records Of Evacuees Online

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Craig Partridge <craig () aland bbn com>
Date: September 15, 2005 2:27:37 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Subject: Re: [IP] Feds Expose Health Records Of Evacuees Online




> Words fail me.  Has anyone even bothered to inform the victims that
> they're about to be victimized *again* by having their personal data
> exposed to anyone and everyone?
>
> ---Rsk

My understanding is that the database has been created to reconstruct
medical records for folks whose records are lost -- I understand there
are a number of healthcare situations right now where having such a  
database
is essential.  And note it is being made available only to health care
providers.

The larger question is "how long is the database going to exist?"

Creating it for a few weeks transition in an emergency is perhaps
an acceptable privacy risk/health reward tradeoff.

Craig


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