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 PUBLISHED 12/28/07 ----- Doctors, health workers, public safety officers and innumerable others have seemingly had the privacy provisions of the federal HIPAA law tattooed to their foreheads since the statute took effect in 2003. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, enacted in 1996 and updated four years ago with additional privacy restrictions, establishes regulations for the use and disclosure of “protected health information,” including even the most general information about illness, injury, condition or financial obligation associated with medical care. Many doctors are vigilant about individuals’ HIPAA rights, almost to the point of paranoia. So it is with alarm and dismay we note the claim filed by a former Kern Medical Center resident. Dr. Nicole Sharkey, who was then a fourth-year resident in the OB/GYN department, filed the Dec. 4 claim — a precursor to a lawsuit — against the county, the hospital and...
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