| Author | Subject: Protecting Medical Privacy ? Must Read |
| Working Families Of America Unite | Posted At 18:07:42 03/08/2001
If you want more facts check out this site. http://cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/med_priv.pdf Protecting Medical Privacy March 8, 2001 4:15 pm EST Bush Administration Says It's Committed To Privacy WILMINGTON, N.C., MARCH 7, 2001 (CBS News) - To Terri Seargent, it was the ultimate violation of privacy. First, she learned she had a fatal genetic disease called alpha one, which destroys the lungs. Then she was mysteriously fired, reports CBS News Correspondent Wyatt Andrews. "Very sorry to tell you, but you are being released from your position," is how Seargent recalled being fired. She learned later her boss had seen her medical records. "It was a cover, because he didn't want to pay the cost of my treatment... because it didn't effect my work. It was none of his business," charged Seargent. Last week the federal government had a deadline to impose the first national medical privacy regulations that in part, would have protected workers like Terri Seargent from being fired based on their medical condition. Tips For Protecting Your Privacy The Health Privacy Project at Georgetown University advises the following steps for protecting your privacy: Request a copy of your medical record. Request a copy of your file from the Medical Information Board. Talk about confidentiality concerns with your doctor. Read authorization forms before you sign; edit them to limit the sharing of information. Register your objection to disclosures that you consider inappropriate. Be cautious on health Web sites. |
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Posted At 23:24:48 04/11/2001 We've got this message: Your help is needed, Please go to www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/petition-sign.cgi?XWCN Sign the petition,bring it to the attention of every injured worker you know,PLEASE DO IT NOW. YOU WILL FIND ME THERE> Sharon McElroy If you are interested in, please respond and send this message forward, to whom it may concern. Thank you Also welcome to our site at: http://members.home.net/injuredworkers |
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