Department of Health Comments a Little Too Reassuring
Many of us read and enjoy the nationally syndicated column written right here in San Antonio by Heloise. In the Express-News on June 24, 2008 the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) wrote Heloise to “set the record straight” about the HIPAA medical confidentiality rules. In May, “Jan” wrote Heloise to recount how a hospital denied her access to information about her husband, who was in the emergency room. The HHS representative (Mr. Wilkinson) asserted the hospit