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

Is HIPPA, the patients' privacy law, getting in way of police work?
Gainesville.com – 8/31/05
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ article
?AID=/20050831/LOCAL/208310312/1078/news

City plans switch to name-based HIV reporting
Philadelphia Inquirer – 8/31/05
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/living/health/12518558.htm

Former HHS chief says health care fraud money should fund EMRs
Nashville Business Journal – 8/31/05
http://nashville.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2005/08/29/daily21.html

Audit finds health agency not protecting information well enough
Associated Press – 8/31/05
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/local/12523999.htm

Private medical information isn't so private
Bankrate.com – 8/30/05
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/pf/20050830a1.asp

Parents barred from teen health files
Wall Street Journal – 8/24/05
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05236/559320.stm

Women's reproductive clinic seeks to shield medical records
Associated Press – 8/23/05
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/12455389.htm

Mobility breeds new security risk
The Washington Post – 8/21/05
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles
/2005/08/21/mobility_breeds_new_security_risk/

HHS formally recognizes e-records unit
National Journal's Technology Daily– 8/19/05
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=32035&dcn=todaysnews

CMS ends contingency for non-HIPAA compliant claims
CCH – 8/19/05
http://health.cch.com/news/medicare/081905a.asp

Survey Shows Lack of Provider Compliance with HIPAA Security Rules
Cancer News – 8/18/05
http://patient.cancerconsultants.com/news.aspx?id=34798

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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