Things change quickly in our industry. The following third party links provide additional resources to help you stay abreast of nationwide trends and happenings:

Balancing privacy and personal data
CNET News.com – 11/28/05
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9589_22-5975383.html

Healthcare Organizations Across America Comply with
HIPAA Regulations and Eliminate Spam and Viruses with Proofpoint
PR Newswire – 11/28/05
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051128/sfm021.html?.v=32

Privacy laws bar gun data sharing
Associated Press – 11/27/05
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/13266440.htm

Police vs. patient privacy
Toronto Star – 11/19/05
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type
1&c=Article&cid=1132354213589&call_pageid=968350130169&col=969483202845

Groups urge patient control of records
UPI – 11/16/05
http://www.upi.com/HealthBusiness/view.php?StoryID=20051116-044049-2236r

Get well wishes online
Business Journal of Milwaukee – 11/14/05
http://www.bizjournals.com/industries/health_care/hospitals/2005/11/14/milwaukee_story7.html

Officials say hospitals failed to clear doctor of disease
Associated Press – 11/13/05
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/11132005/south_of/73020.htm

Most fear misuse of health records
North County Times – 11/11/05
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/11/11/news/top_stories/24_09_5011_11_05.txt

Privacy groups challenge HIPAA protections
UPI – 11/9/05
http://www.upi.com/HealthBusiness/view.php?StoryID=20051109-055053-7084r

Privacy advocates fight proposed medical-records network
Scripps Howard News Service – 11/7/05
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=MEDRECORDS-11-07-05&cat=WW

Microsoft: One federal privacy law better than 50 state laws
Government Computer News – 11/4/05
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/37490-1.html

Petition Demands Privacy for Electronic Health Records
eWeek – 10/28/05
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1879084,00.asp

Reps. Johnson, Deal Introduce Health Information
Technology Bill Governing Privacy, IT Donations
Kaiser.org – 10/28/05
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=33390

Disclaimer
DWT is not responsible for any of the material contained on any of these sites and DWT does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, legality or reliability of any third party site.

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