Medical Identity Theft - the crime that can kill you.

David Biggins ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Fri, 19 May 2006 09:49:37 +0100 

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http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/medicalidentitytheft.html

This report finds that medical identity theft is a crime that can cause
great harm to its victims. False and erroneous entries in victim medical
files and other harms make it imperative to understand this crime better
and learn more about it and how it works.=20
Key recommendations in the report include:
*	Individuals' rights to correct errors in their medical histories
and files need to be expanded to allow them to remove false information
from their files.=20
*	Victims of medical identity theft should have the right to
receive one free copy of their medical file.=20
*	Individuals should have expanded rights to obtain an accounting
of disclosures of health information.=20
*	Notification of medical data breaches to consumers has the
potential to save lives, protect health, and prevent losses.=20
*	All working prototypes for the National Health Information
Network need comprehensive risk assessments focused on preventing
medical identity theft while protecting patient privacy.=20


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<P><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">This report finds that medical =
identity theft is a crime that can cause great harm to its victims. =
False and erroneous entries in victim medical files and other harms make =
it imperative to understand this crime better and learn more about it =
and how it works. </FONT></P>

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<LI><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">Individuals&#8217; rights to correct =
errors in their medical histories and files need to be expanded to allow =
them to remove false information from their files. </FONT></LI>

<LI><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">Victims of medical identity theft =
should have the right to receive one free copy of their medical file. =
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<LI><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">Individuals should have expanded =
rights to obtain an accounting of disclosures of health information. =
</FONT></LI>

<LI><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">Notification of medical data breaches =
to consumers has the potential to save lives, protect health, and =
prevent losses. </FONT></LI>

<LI><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">All working prototypes for the =
National Health Information Network need comprehensive risk assessments =
focused on preventing medical identity theft while protecting patient =
privacy. </FONT></LI>
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