And You Thought a Prescription Was Private

I came across this article, And You Thought a Prescription Was Private, published in the New York Times on 08-08-09. Very interesting article to say the least, and it goes over the following topics:

1. Personal Health Information
2. Privacy Laws
3. Efforts to de-identify patient information from medical/prescription records

Should anyone be interested in reading this article then they can view it at the following url:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/business/09privacy.html?em)

Introdcution

Hi,

This blog has been setup as part of a Health Informatics course - Internet and the Future of Patient Care - offered through UC Davis's Extension program.

Through the course of the semester I will periodically update this blog as and when I come across relevant reading material pertinent to this course.

Thank you for stopping by.

- Rajiv