Michael J. Murray, head of Drummond Woodsum’s Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance practice, was quoted extensively in the Bangor Daily News article entitled, “Is your private medical information safe? Maine expert offers tips for consumers.”
“Our health information is what’s on the line — very private, sensitive information about who we are, what kinds of decisions we’ve made in our lives, what kind of partners we have,” Murray said. “And the only thing stopping that from getting out to the public is the goodwill and hard work of the administrators at health organizations.”
The Bangor Daily News article notes many health care organizations struggle with following through on the many steps required to protect patient information.
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