[arkfreepdom]

The HIPPA rules are to be IMPLEMENTED in 4/03 but with the current outcry they will be changed as THIS article states is already in taking place. This whole thing was started because of the advent of electronic medical records and concern over their security. As usual with the government it has blossomed into a whole set of heavy-handed regs with little attention to the problem they were asked to address.

That as simple of an explanation as I can give. There have always been rules about privacy, etc. This is a whole new set of regs.

[Polybius]

The HIPPA rules.....

The running joke in our hospital when someone asks you, "How are you?" is to reply, "Can't tell ya. That would be a HIPPA violation."