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Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013  New rules will prohibit disclosure of
patient's medical info  Monday, April 14, 2003   Pharmacy
customers are being kept back from the desk so pharmacists can
privately discuss medication with other patients.    "This is
the biggest thing to hit the health care sector since Medicare,"
said Dr. Jeffrey N. Hausfeld, an ear, nose and throat doctor in
the Washington area who has been advising his peers about the
rules.  It is the first federal law that guarantees medical
privacy. The rules were first written by the Clinton
administration. The Bush administration allowed them to move
ahead with some changes.  New notices  Patients will receive
notices explaining their new rights, including the right to
examine their medical records and to request corrections.
Patients have a right to know if their records have been shared
with law enforcement or with public health authorities.  The
rules bar doctors and hospitals from giving out