I couldn't believe this...

An example of patient privacy being violated...

"Who Said I Take Prozac?
In Florida, Walgreen Co. mailed free samples of Prozac Weekly to patients who were taking Prozac Daily. Imagine the patients’ shock when they realized that strangers were seeing and using their prescriptions records without their knowledge or consent. Under the new HIPAA regulations, this marketing is now called 'patient education'."


(This story and others like it can be found on http://www.patientprivacyrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=True_Stories.)