Monday, February 16, 2009

Objections to computerized medical records

I've been wondering how the ACLU might react to President Obama's proposals to computerize medical records. The potential for breaches of privacy seem comparable to those expressed in objection to the Patriot Act. The complaints about the Obama proposal don't seem quite as vociferous, however.

I was able to locate this, however:
The American Medical Association (AMA) and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), two groups uncomfortable with the prospect of universal, computerized medical records, have testified separately before two different congressional panels in recent months, urging that privacy be protected as more powerful technology becomes commonplace.
(AAP News)
This was published back in 1994.

Nothing that a little hopenchange can't cure, evidently.

One has to give up some non-essential freedoms in order to receive the protections of socialized medicine?

While the ACLU has apparently gone silent, at least we can still trust the mainstream media to act as our government watchdog.

Sic 'em.

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