What doesn't HIPAA do? [was: Google/MSFT & HIPAA]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: David Lesher [wb8foz () nrk com]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 10:32 AM
To: David Farber
Subject: What doesn't HIPAA do? [was: Google/MSFT & HIPAA]

Rather lost is this thead is the larger question....

What does HIPAA do for you, anyhow? It seems to me it does more
to CYA of those trafficing in medical data than it does to guard
the patient's privacy.

Doesn't it have a large "marketing" loophole inserted late in
the game by the pharmacutical lobby?

I note the NYT just had a lead story
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/health/24dna.html?ref=health>
on people who lie to their physicians for fear their insurance will be
cancelled.

Perhaps Peter Swire could comment, and enlighten us on what HIPAA
does NOT do for the public.


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