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Toothless Hipaa: Searching For A Private Right Of Action To Remedy Privacy Rule Violations, Joshua D.W. Collins
Toothless Hipaa: Searching For A Private Right Of Action To Remedy Privacy Rule Violations, Joshua D.W. Collins
Vanderbilt Law Review
A Midwestern banker, who also served as a member of his county's health board, cross-referenced a health board's list of patients suffering from various diseases with a list of the bank's customers. He then called due the mortgages of anyone suffering from cancer. In Oregon, computer disks containing the medical records of 365,000 patients were stolen from a car. Along with personal medical information, the records also contained the patients' names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. A Maryland school board member's medical records, revealing that he had been treated for depression, were sent to school officials along with an anonymous …