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Re: Release of Info on "Terminally Inconvenienced" Persons



I'm not sure the statement posted below would be correct with patient
records and especially with the still-unknown HIPAA restrictions.  I seem to
remember in the past couple of years that the Federal courts ruled
attorney-client privilege lasts past death of both the client and the
attorney.  Does this ring a bell for anyone?  If so, then I am not sure it
would be "safe" at this point to say the dead has no guarantee of privacy
75-100 years after they became "terminally inconvenienced."

I'm looking forward to the HIPAA session at SAA next week!

Tim Pennycuff (offering opinions only as he is not an expert in legal or
HIPAA issues)
University of Alabama at Birmingham


-----Original Message-----
"I would think that a time limit would satisfy both needs reasonably well -
that 75 years after death of the author or whatever the copyright laws were
originally set to be...  Thus 75 years after the death of the patient could
conceivably serve both privacy and history needs."

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