On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 12:07, Nancy Anthracite wrote:
> I have been working with the CDC with an eye to include in VistA the option 
> to 
> report deidentified data to the Biosense project to help with the early 
> detection of disease such outbreaks, etc.  Privacy does not have to be 
> violated in order to achieve most of what you are concerned about.
> 

Yeah, actually it does.

In order to intervene with specific patient about their diabetes, the
individual patient must be contacted.  In order to prevent potential sex
partners from getting AIDs and dieing, the diseased patients identity,
and their current and recent sex partners need to be identified AND
contacts.  

in the later case you have to decide if your for or against murder.

Ruben



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