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From the pages of the NT Times, Laurie
Tarkan writes “A woman lay unconscious and dying at Suburban
Hospital in Bethesda, Md. But the hospital would not tell her
friends and relatives what room she was in.”
You know what this is all about? The new privacy
laws that went into effect. The lawyers and special interest groups
who don’t want any medical information released, did not
count of unexpected consequences.
Have you been to the doctor’s office lately?
Be prepared, it will be a longer visit than before, all because
of the paper work involved, per federal regulations concerning
the privacy of your medical records and other information
The federal paper trail is incredible, and
the reasoning behind it wreaks of paranoia. Did you ever think
you would see this country brought to a halt by threats of lawsuits?
It just about has come to a screeching halt because some folks
don’t want their medical records out.
As a diabetic with a heart problem, I could
care less who finds out. There, does that give me a pass on filling
out any more paper work on my next visit? It should.
That's
how I see it!
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Webb's
World ~ 06/04/2003
