From ccgarcia@u.washington.edu Mon Apr 28 10:10:13 2003 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.133]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.04/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h3SHA81M020818 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:10:08 -0700 Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.04/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h3SHA2kC011183 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:10:02 -0700 Received: from mailhost2.u.washington.edu (mailhost2.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.2]) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.04/8.12.1+UW02.12) with ESMTP id h3SHA0g9021889; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:10:00 -0700 Received: from U-PCS-1GBA254 ([140.142.235.167]) by mailhost2.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.04/8.12.1+UW02.12) with ESMTP id h3SHA0QO016765; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:10:00 -0700 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:09:59 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) From: Cezanne Garcia To: Louise Sullivan cc: Discussion on providing Health Information Subject: Re: Washington State Health Privacy Law and Relevancy to Libraries In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.20030426083529.00917750@spokanelibrary.org> Message-ID: X-X-Sender: ccgarcia@mailer38.u.washington.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII The language specifically describes "health entities:" of which libraries are not listed, however I encourage you to go to this website if you want to comb more thoroughly www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/ Good luck and please share your findings Cezanne Garcia, MPH CHES Manager, Patient and Family Education Services University of Washington Medical Center 1959 Pacific St NE, Box 358126 Seattle Washington 98195 phone 206.598.8424 fax 206.598.7821 pager 206.680.3704 **This electronic message transmission contains information, which may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Louise Sullivan wrote: > As most of you who live and work in Washingotn State know, a new health > privacy law just recently went into affect. I was wondering whether there > is anything in this law that would mean changes for how libraries > disseminate health information. My initial reaction is that there wouldn't > be any changes because libraries have a tradition of protecting records of > their patrons. However, I'm wondering if this law specifically says > anything about libraries. > > Thanks for the information. > Louise Sullivan > Reference Librarian > Spokane Public Library > Ph: 509-444-5336 > Fax: 509-444-5364 > lsullivan@spokanelibrary.org > .