Index

1. News

• How Private Is My Medical Information? Utility Consumer’s Action Network
• Medical Privacy Stories Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Georgetown University
• Does Governement Need to Know if Grandpa Curses? Greg Dirasian, Health Freedom Watch
• How Private Is My Medical Information?  From the Privacy Rights Clearing House Utility Consumers' Action Network
• Hospital Hacked – Records Stolen Bob Sullivan, MSNBC
• Association Seeks Modification of Medical Privacy Rules Craig Palmer, American Dental Association

2. Laws

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
• Protecting the Privacy of Patients’ Health Information, Summary of the Final Regulation U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
• HHS Announces Final Regulation Establishing First-Ever National Standards to Protect Patients’ Personal Medical Records U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
• Bill Summary and Status for the 106^th Congress Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
• Clinton to Unveil New Privacy Rules Keith Perin, The Industry Standard
• Medical Records Privacy The Center For Democracy and Technology
• Responsibly Safeguarding Patient Confidentiality Premier
• Statement By the President The White House
• American Medical Association Guidelines for Medical and Health Information Sites on the Internet American Medical Association
• American Medical Informatics Association Guidelines for the Clinical Use of Electronic Mail with Patients Beverly Kane, MD, Daniel Z. Sands, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
• Genetic Privacy, Discrimination and Medical Information National Cancer Advisory Board
• Health Privacy Project Resources Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Georgetown University
• National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information Office For Civil Rights
• Protecting Privacy in Computerized Medical Information The Health Law Resource
• Who Controls Your Medical Records? Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum
• Medical Information Privacy and Security Act

§         Official Site

§         Senator Patrick Leahy’s Official Site

• Unique Health Identifier

§         HHS Fails to Explain Clearly the Relationship Between the Proposed Privacy Rule and the Unique Health Identifier Sue A. Blevins, Institute For Health Freedom

§         Congress Temporarily Halts Funding of Unique Health Identifier Health Freedom Watch

• Opinions

§         AHA Advocacy and Representation Comment Letter Advocacy and Representation

§         The Medical Privacy Debate Dawn MacKeen, Politics 2000

§         Medical Privacy Rules Give Patients and Marketers Access to Health Data Dana Hawkins, US News

3. Technology

• Medical Net Privacy?  It’s Unhealthy Lisa Richwine, Reuters
• Medical Privacy Concerns Heightened by Genome Mapping Brian Krebs, Newsbytes
• Guard Your Genetic Data From Those Prying Eyes Dana Hawkins, USNews
• Tech Firms See New Medical Privacy Rules as Boon Peter Dizikes, ABC News
  
  

4. Public Health vs. Privacy

• Should Community Override Individual Rights to Privacy? Sheldon Richman, Institute For Health Freedom

5. Opinions

• Key Elements Needed to Protect Medical Information Privacy The National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers
• Medical Privacy – the Campaign Against Patient Information Clauses in the Health and Social Care Bill Giles Turnbull