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To the Editor: In his Sounding Board article (Nov. 13 issue),¹ Melton ignores the very reasons he lists for why many people support legislation that requires specific consent on the part of patients for access to medical records by medical researchers. Even more disturbing is his incorrect assertion that there is an absence of documented abuses related to approved research projects. Abuses of genetic testing have been amply documented.²

Researchers, members of institutional review boards (IRBs), and health advocacy groups have acknowledged the fact that we can no longer guarantee privacy and confidentiality in an age of electronic medical records.³ . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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