A return address is not required. Washington State statistics will be published in a future issue of ARNP Care . When one considers the health related priorities of the American Heart Association, it seems only natural that a nurse practitioner has been chosen for this leadership position. Each and every time a nurse practitioner or a nurse attains a national or state health policy or administrative role, it is evidence that nurse practitioners have become an integral part of the health care system, that there is recognition on either the collective or the individual level of the expert knowledge nurse practitioners possess. Ms. Hill, we thank you and wish you well in your new position.
Pharmaceutical companies are prominent.
Representative McDermott Champions Medical Privacy by Susan Caverly Nurse practitioners who have had concerns regarding the degree to which the privacy of medical records has been eroded are encouraged to write in support of the Medical Privacy in the Age of Technologies Act proposed by Representative McDermott. The intention is to protect the rights of persons who wish to keep their records private unless a waiver is signed. Exceptions would be made in relation to emergency, public health reporting requirements, and law enforcement needs. Computer safeguards would also be mandated to protect this information from being accessed without release from the individual. Genetic testing and the potential consequences of the information about a persons genetic disorders has led to increased concern about the privacy of the medical records.