Transcriber Threatens Release of Medical Records

Posted by michael on Thursday October 23, 2003 @01:08AM from the it's-10PM-do-you-know-where-your-gall-bladder-is dept.

talboito writes "David Lazarus of the San Francisco Chronicle reports on problems subcontracting sensitive data to outside firms. An unpaid Pakistani transcriber threatened to release medical records of patients at UCSF Medical Center on the internet. The article notes: 'U.S. laws maintain strict standards to protect patients' medical data. But those laws are virtually unenforceable overseas, where much of the labor-intensive transcribing of dictated medical notes to written form is being exported.' Most frightening, UCSF was unaware that its records were being sent overseas. The article traces their path backward through a chain of three different subcontractors."

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All your records are belonging to us by WillRobinson · 2003-10-23 01:21 · Score: 0, Offtopic

HAHAHAHAHAHAH
TV Land Pakistan by bcolflesh · 2003-10-23 01:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

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