April 26, 2005
Medical Outsourcing Targeted
Having radiology images, MRIs, and ultrasounds read by overseas outsourcing firms is not an entirely new phenomenon. Recently, however, it has sparked a whirlwind of controversy as legislators in the US attempt to cope with the security and privacy issues that the practice raises. Recently, a number of both state and federal bills have been proposed to ensure that doctors performing the examinations are both trained and liscenced. Additionally, there are bills aiming to ensure that patients are notified if and when their personal medical information is sent to a third-party examiner. The practice is profitable for US medical providers because the labor savings are so great through foreign firms. Many such firms fear, however, that increased regulations may make the cost savings of doing business with them decrease to such a level that US medical providers are no longer interested in doing business abroad. Some skeptics indicate that while many of the legislative steps being undertaken fill necessary security and privacy issues, others are merely designed to prohibit the practice by increasing costs. The Times of India Reports:
Democratic Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Democratic Representative Edward Markey have introduced legislation that will require patient care in advance before reading for them is done abroad.
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