James Kim and privacy rules: Can HIPAA also lead to needless deaths?

January 8, 2007

James Kim’s father writes about how privacy laws delayed the search for his son. With HIPAA sometimes impeding the request for medical information, can HIPAA-related deaths be far behind? (via Overlawyered)



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1 Anonymous January 8, 2007 at 8:57 pm

Well, let’s just say that more than a few trees have given their lives for HIPPA!

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