A worried reply to Bush's electronic med record scheme [priv]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: OMIT EMAIL Re: [Politech] Privacy villain of the week: Bush's 
electronic medical record scheme [priv]
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 18:46:20 -0400
From: Leah G
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
References: <40A3CC76.4070504 () well com>

Declan,

I hope this scares you.  It certainly scares me.  I can see people
refusing to obtain medical care for all sorts of diseases and disorders
if the information is to be digitized.  People are sensitive about many
things, including sexual disfunction, cancer, genetic disorders and
tests for potentially developing them, and a plethora of reasons.  How
horrible to contemplate your most personal discussions with your
physician being accessible to anyone with alleged credentials.  It
negates doctor/patient confidentiality.  Would you wish to confide to
your doctor if you knew the information was accessible in this manner?
People are already making decisions to not communicate with their
doctors because the information may get to insurance companies and
government agencies, never mind other people who might just be
interested.  My cholesteral and your PSA results should be private,
don't you think?

Regards,

Leah G.
Declan McCullagh wrote:

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [NCCP] Privacy Villain: Federal anti-medical-privacy push
> Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 12:35:01 -0400
> From: J Plummer <jplummer () consumeralert org>
>
>                       Privacy Villain of the Week:
>                     Federal anti-medical-privacy push
>
> President Bush issued this past week an executive order mandating that
> the health care industry keep all its records in electronic format. With
> the HIPAA 'privacy' rules now in effect, and Rep. Ron Paul's annual
> crusade to render inoperative the national health identification number
> facing an unsure fate, the move holds the potential to seriously
> negatively impact the de facto state of patient privacy.

--
Leah G.
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