http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol297/issue5584/news-summaries.shtml
Jocelyn Kaiser
Greater protection of patient records doesn't have to come at the expense of research. That's the message intended for scientists in final rules announced last week by the Bush Administration (www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa) giving patients more control over how their records are used.
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