title: Medical privacy: from the 4th Amendment to HIPAA. Right to privacy vs. public health: showdown looms over patient genetic information.
abstract: Newly adopted federal privacy regulations set a high standard for control of medical information that all medical offices and clinics must meet. Yet, the federal government can't even secure its own database of medical information. We have less than two years to come into full compliance with regulations that may well change over the coming months, making compliance a moving target. Learn the history of our privacy rights and regulations. And preview the privacy debates and dilemmas that await our digital society.
authors.affiliation: El Dorado Pediatric Medical Group, Inc., Placerville, Calif., USA. erwash@pacbell.net
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Washburn
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D030881:Disclosure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D030661:Genetic Privacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D015273:Insurance Selection Bias; D014481:United States