Posted by Bill Karwin on 10/22/35 11:46

veg_all@yahoo.com wrote:
>>So - if you value your freedom, any personal information having to do with the
>>medical field has to be guarded with even more care than credit card and social
>>security numbers. The law is very strict and penalties severe.
>
> I dont understand the logic behind this.

Laws are designed often for political reasons, not for reasons of
consistency with other laws.

In any case, we don't need to agree with it, it's the law and it must be
taken into account. If you're a programmer on a medical information
system, you had better learn HIPAA and do what it takes to comply, or
else the organization for whom you're designing code could suffer huge
consequences.

Regards,
Bill K.

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