http://www.propublica.org/article/who-do-federal-privacy-laws-protect-patients-or-medical-centers
HIPAA pertains to the secrecy of medical information Sometimes HIPAA is mentioned as a reason to encrypt ambulance to hospital radio channels This article intimates that HIPAA is not being correctly used in many cases ----------------------------------- Lets think about this. It is commonly held that conversations and information between doctors and patients should be private. Much medical information is deeply private and sensitive. Most people dont want their medical information broadcast on network news or blabbed internationally via the Internet. If someone gets hurt in a public place, it is a common USA courtesy not to broadcast sensitive photos of the victim. But this is not codified in law AFAIK. If an ambulance responds to a persons home, it is hard to do this with total secrecy. Nearly impossible during daylight hours. (Unless someone has a fleet of undercover ambulances that I am not aware of). Somewhere, between all of these competing ideas, lies the "right thing to do". Keywords - openness - privacy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
