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

Hacker nabbed for e-blackmail
ITWEB - 9-28-07
http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2007/0709271032.asp?S=Legal%20View&A=LEG&O=FPTOP

Prosecutors seek medical records in murder case
Knox News - 9-23-07
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/sep/23/prosecutors-seekmedical-recordsin-murder-case/

Medical identity theft remains problematic
Healthcare IT News - 9-19-07
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=7789

Threat To Patient Privacy: The Minnesota Health Information Exchange
Medical News Today - 9-11-07
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/82097.php

Hard times on the HIPAA front
Computerworld - 9-10-07
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9035159

Thieves stealing health care
Phillyburbs.com - 9-10-07
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/25-09102007-1405092.html

U.S. court won't allow subpoena of Ore. medical marijuana records
Associated Press - 9-4-07
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=7026361

When Privacy Laws Do More Harm Than Good
Washington Post - 9-2-07
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/01/AR2007090101233.html

Hopkins reports theft of data
Baltimore Sun - 9-1-07
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.theft01sep01,0,1208422.story

Sick Kids doctor loses data on 3,300 patients
Toronto Star - 8-31-07
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/251904

Abortion records stay private
Cincinatti Enquirer - 8-25-07
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070825/NEWS01/708250367/-1/CINCI

Perfect HIPAA security impossible, experts say
SearchSecurity.com - 8-24-07
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1268986,00.html

No good way to measure HIPAA compliance
SearchSecurity.com - 8-24-07
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1268985,00.html

U.S. law protects patients' privacy
Daily Bulletin.com - 8-23-07
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_6704862

HIPAA won't prevent disclosure to oversight agency
CCH - 8-17-07
http://health.cch.com/news/medicaid/081707a.asp

Lawsuit seeks to block release of N.O. hospital information
2theAdvocate - 8-15-07
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/9164702.html?showAll=y&c=y

Lab records sent to wrong patients
Spokesman Review - 8-9-07
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=10996

Scrap HIPAA, let patients handle privacy, records
Modern Healthcare - 8-8-07
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070808/FREE/308080002/0/FRONTPAGE

Privacy Issues: Public Health Data Standards Consortium Releases "PRISM"
Lawfuel - 8-8-07
http://lawfuel.com/show-release.asp?ID=14095

Organizations Botching Identity, Access Control
Network World - 8-8-07
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135614-c,networksecurity/article.html

Hospitals Struggle With How Much Patient Information to Disclose to Police
Report on Patient Privacy - August, 2007
http://www.aishealth.com/Bnow/080807b.html

Firefighters Accuse Board of Violating Their Privacy
WILX - 7-31-07
http://www.wilx.com/news/headlines/8842482.html

Diabetics: We want privacy
Staten Island Advance - 7-29-07
http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/118570147916670.xml&coll=1

Don't go there
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 7-22-07
http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1317764.html

Courtney Goes HIPPA One Better In Bill Proposed Measure Would Help Workers With Chronic Illnesses Keep Insurance
The Day - 7-20-07
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=a4735fa2-cdd6-4978-9753-3d4371d2af66

Senators introduce stringent health records privacy bill
Government Health IT - 7-18-07
http://govhealthit.com/article103259-07-18-07-Web

Fired worker sues Cook County over hospital records privacy
Daily Southtown - 7-13-07
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/news/466929,139NWS1.article

HIPAA violated in divorce proceeding, suit claims
Madison Record - 7-10-07
http://www.stclairrecord.com/news/197633-hipaa-violated-in-divorce-proceeding-suit-claims

Where There's Data Stored, There's A Risk
The Day - 7-8-07
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=f34df362-157f-43fd-a990-77ba17fa54b9

A Health Official Discusses Privacy
New York Times - 7-3-07
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/health/03cnd-hipaside.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1183649154-O5ycdnjeflk03Zeb5qy5nA

Medical privacy law spawns frustration
New York Times - 7-3-07
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/07/03/0703medicalrecords.html

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