You Don’t Care Who Has Your Health Records….Right?
The Obama Administration may have abandoned any previous promises of ’sunlight’ or transparency in government but the recent ’stimulus’ bill may offer transparency of your personal health information and it may be for sale. Check this article at CNS News
If you did not object to electronic health records before you might now. Welcome to the world of Obama.
Stanford Matthews
MoreWhat.com
Though the legislation says there is a “prohibition on sale of electronic health records or protected health information,” there are five pages of exceptions to the prohibition that include research, treatment of an individual, or a decision by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive the prohibition. (See Legislation, PDF pages 391-395.)
