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15 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 227 (1996-1997)
Using the DNA Profile as the Unique Patient Identifier in the Community Health Information Network: Legal Implications

handle is hein.journals/jmjcila15 and id is 231 raw text is: USING THE DNA PROFILE AS THE UNIQUE PATIENT IDENTIFIER IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK: LEGAL IMPLICATIONS by LISA L. DAHmt An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. - Victor Hugo, Histoire d'un Crime [written 18521, conclusion Maoir ignotarum rerum est terror. (Apprehensions are greater in propor- tion as things are unknown.) - Livy, History, Bk. xxviii, sec. 44 (c. 10 B.C.) TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ...................................... 228 II. BACKGROUND ....................................... 233 A. THE DNA PROFILE .................................... 233 B. GENERATING THE UNIQUE DNA FINGERPRINT - RFLP ANALYSIS .................................... 234 C. DNA PROFILING IS ACCEPTED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY .......................................... 236 III. USE OF DNA FINGERPRINTS IN THE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM IS TIMELY ...... 238 A. SHARING INFORMATION BETWEEN AND AMONG PROVIDERS IS ESSENTIAL ............................. 239 B. No STANDARD IDENTIFIER CURRENTLY EXISTS ........ 242 IV. ANALYSIS ............................................ 246 t Copyright © 1997 by Lisa L. Dahm. All rights reserved. The Author is a recognized expert in the healthcare information systems (HCIS) industry with over twenty years of experience in sales, marketing, support services, installations, planning documentation, and education. She graduated with honors from South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas and is currently the Associate Corporate Counsel for a large non-profit hospital sys- tem in the same city.

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