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National Desk | April 6, 2003, Sunday
Health System Warily Prepares for New Privacy Rules

By ROBERT PEAR (NYT) 1463 words
Late Edition - Final , Section A , Page 26 , Column 1

LEAD PARAGRAPH - When Dr. Stephen C. Albrecht of Olympia, Wash., called a hospital in Tacoma recently to inquire about one of his patients, an 18-year-old treated for an infectious disease, he had trouble getting information.

Under a new policy at the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, a 558-bed nursing home in Rockville, Md., callers can get information about patients only if they have a password or ''verification code.''



 

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