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<font size=3>In their position, this is prob a violation of patients
HIPPA rights.<br>
HOWEVER, the organization in charge of enforcing HIPPA complaints, has
yet to undertake a single enforcement action. Wonder why? It's full of
self-protecting doctors, insurance-scum and is protecting their own
backsides of course.<br>
HIPPA is worthless!<br><br>
<br>
At 19:34 7/17/2006, you wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">(From June, but not yet
mentioned on this list. Courtesy Beth Givens <br>
and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse):<br><br>
<a href="http://www.fayettevillenc.com/article?id=235733" eudora="autourl">
http://www.fayettevillenc.com/article?id=235733</a><br><br>
Published on Wednesday, June 21, 2006<br><br>
By Nancy McCleary<br>
Staff writer<br><br>
A portable computer containing the personal information of more than
<br>
24,000 people was stolen from a Cumberland County ambulance June
8.<br><br>
The computer contained the information of 24,350 people treated in the
<br>
past year by Cumberland County Emergency Medical Services.<br><br>
Cape Fear Valley Health System, which operates the EMS, has notified the
<br>
N.C. Attorney General.s Office and mailed letters to the affected people,
<br>
urging them to monitor bank and credit card accounts, said Clinton
Weaver, <br>
a spokesman for the health system.<br><br>
"We're treating this incident seriously," he said. "We
know the importance <br>
of patient confidentiality, and we're looking at ways to prevent this in
<br>
the future."<br><br>
[...]<br><br>
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