title: Protection in eye of beholder. Courts send mixed messages about the sanctity of medical files in the face of federal subpoenas for patients' abortion records.
abstract: With three trials under way on lawsuits challenging the Partial Birth Abortion Act, hospitals have been dragged into a drama involving medical-record privacy. It's providing a lesson on how little protection HIPAA offers in court. "We sought to find a way to produce those records in a way that would not embarrass our patients," said a counsel for the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, left.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000024:Abortion, Illegal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000029:Abortion, Legal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D030881:Disclosure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D006801:Humans; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States