Health Care & Hospital Law
Jul. 22, 2009
Medical Records Breach a Reminder That Patients, Not Profits, Are the Priority
California officials should never forget that patients must be the center of health care delivery, not public relations or profits, writes Shannon M. Biggs.
FORUM COLUMN
By Shannon M. Biggs The only thing worse than opening a letter from your medical center and discovering that your sensitive information has been stolen is to learn that the organization that allowed it to happen neither understands the ramifications nor, it seems, cares. That is exactly the position I and others find ourselves in as UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center patients whose identities were stolen in the recent attack by an over...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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