It isn't just the tech industry that is being outsourced to India and Pakistan. It's also anything from the help desk, to banks, to filing your taxes online. And just as scary as your personal financial info being sent overseas, your medical records as well. I'm about to become a Medical Transcriptionist, and these jobs are being outsourced as we speak. I gathered some links to show you how broad the outsourcing has become, not just in medical, but everywhere. We're losing jobs to India faster than we did to Mexico! A Pakistani MT recently tried to blackmail her US employer by stating that she would post patient information on the internet if she wasn't paid better. That's scary. And by sending it to India, they aren't covered by the US HIPAA laws that protect our privacy. This is extremely important to become aware of. Because it could affect any one of us.
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It isn't just the tech industry that is being outsourced to India and Pakistan. It's also anything from the help desk, to banks, to filing your taxes online. And just as scary as your personal financial info being sent overseas, your medical records as well. I'm about to become a Medical Transcriptionist, and these jobs are being outsourced as we speak. I gathered some links to show you how broad the outsourcing has become, not just in medical, but everywhere. We're losing jobs to India faster than we did to Mexico! A Pakistani MT recently tried to blackmail her US employer by stating that she would post patient information on the internet if she wasn't paid better. That's scary. And by sending it to India, they aren't covered by the US HIPAA laws that protect our privacy. This is extremely important to become aware of. Because it could affect any one of us. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/ga te/archive/2004/02/09/asparks.DTL
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chroni cle/archive/2003/12/17/BUG163OIH51.DTL
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chroni cle/archive/2003/11/12/BUGI52VMQR1.DTL