By Michael Kanellos
Published: Wednesday 28 July 2004
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This is one of the most frightening and heinous technologies that has ever been developed--one that takes us a step closer to being a police state. It does nothing for patient care efficiency and certainly not for privacy--much like HIPAA which, in its current form only makes it more difficult for appropriate health care providers to access medical records but opens the door for the two entities which many people don't want to access confidenital and personal information--the government and insurance providers.
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