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Eversheds Comment: NHS Told To Tighten Data Security
Following calls from the information commissioner for the NHS to improve its data security, after breaches involving the loss of thousands of personal medical records, Bill Gilliam, head of the health sector group at international law firm Eversheds comments:
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AP/Los Angeles Times Examines Haiti's Fight Against HIV
The AP/Los Angeles Times examines Haiti"s success at reducing the number of people infected with HIV/AIDS in the country through the work of the "nonprofit groups, Boston-based Partners in Health (PIH) and Port-au-Prince"s GHESKIO, widely considered to be the world"s oldest AIDS clinic." Haiti"s HIV rate is "lower than the Bahamas, Guyana and Suriname, and much lower than sub-Saharan Africa, where the rate averages about 5 percent but spikes to 24 percent in Botswana and 33 percent in Swaziland," according to the newspaper. Still, as the article notes, Haiti"s "crisis is far from over," with varying infection rates across remote regions in the country.
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U.S. Moves Forward With Preparations For H1N1 Vaccination Campaign
The Obama administration on Thursday said a nationwide vaccination program could begin as early as mid-October to protect Americans from the H1N1 (swine flu) virus and pledged $350 million to help prepare communities across the country for this effort, the Washington Times reports (Ward, 7/9).
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American Medical Student Association Responds To Help Bill Provisions

The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) commends Chairman Kennedy and Senator Dodd on the recent version of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee bill that includes a public health insurance option and reforms to expand access, and urges leaders in Washington to further strengthen legislation. AMSA calls for a robust public health insurance option funded by tax revenue, available to all Americans. Ms. Farheen A. Qurashi, Legislative Director: "The provisions in this legislation address so many of the difficulties we see as future health care providers in our clinics every day - obstacles to access, denial of coverage, unaffordable costs, and a parity of primary care providers. As future physicians, we are pleased to see Chairman Kennedy and Senator Dodd making the first move truly reform health care, and we urge other Senators to recognize the importance of this work to begin to improve the future of America"s health. However, these provisions do not go far enough in increasing the quality and efficiency of the American health system. America needs true health care reform, which includes a public health insurance option available to all Americans and a national exchange open to all, to increase portability, accessibility, and competition among insurance plans. I look forward to one day practicing medicine the way I am taught, and the way I and all health care providers should be practicing, with the knowledge that my patients are finally able to receive the care they need. It looks like that day is within reach - if we just reach a little farther." American Medical Student Association


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