Medical Privacy Laws Highly Ineffectual

Rick Zeman writes "According to the Washington Post, since Americans gained statutory privacy for their medical records backed by the US Federal Government (via HIPAA), the Bush administration has received thousands of complaints alleging violations but has not imposed a single civil fine and has prosecuted just two criminal cases saying that they were pursuing 'voluntary compliance.'" From the article: "'It's like when you're driving a car,' said consultant Gary Christoph of Teradata Government Systems of Dayton, Ohio. 'If you are speeding down the highway and no one is watching, you're much more likely to speed. The problem with voluntary compliance is, it doesn't seem to be motivating people to comply.'"

Comments

Re:Why HIPPA is broken

[Garg]

...I hold a current HIPPA cert.

Wow, you got a cert and you can't even spell HIPAA? And people here talk about MCSE's!

Re:I'd modify this story's title this way:

[Luscious868]

Americans don't care about other coutnries because other countries don't matter. Deal with it.