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High cost of health privacy laws, cont'd

By Walter Olson, Ted Frank, and David Nieporent

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More HIPAA madness? On Wednesday, in a crime that cast a chill through the mental health community, a Manhattan therapist was brutally slaughtered in her office by a man whose actions seemed consistent with those of a current or former patient with a grudge. The assailant escaped on foot, and although his image had been captured on surveillance tape, police were nowhere near beginning to know where to start looking for him: "Because of privacy laws, police hadn't been able to access patient records as of late yesterday, sources said." (New York Post, Feb. 14)(via Bader). On medical privacy laws and the Virginia Tech rampage of Seung Hui Cho, see Jun. 16, 2007.

More: Commenter Supremacy Claus says not to blame HIPAA, which has an exemption for police reports.

Full post as published by Overlawyered on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).

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