Privacy bill vetoed

National Health Information Privacy Bill Generates Heat at SCAMC

With the introduction of the Bennett bill in the U.S. Senate (S.1360-the Medical Records Confidentiality Act of 1995), a great deal of attention is being focused on the issue of health information privacy. This bill is the result of the work of a bipartisan group of people from publicand private-sector organizations who have been working together over the past two years (and longer for some) to...

Pharmacy Bill

Pharmacy Bill

Pharmacy Bill

Bill Bement

At the same time, the government was forced to admit that some of the pollution targets set for this year will not be met. Specifically, Australia wanted to reduce the fertiliser runoff by 50% by this year under the socalled Reef Plan, but this target has now been postponed to 2018. Only small reductions in nitrogen and sediment runoff have been achieved so far. These problems can be clearly li...