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. 1998 Jan:32.

ACLU lauds Maryland's alternative to names-based tracking of HIV cases. American Civil Liberties Union

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  • PMID: 11367437

ACLU lauds Maryland's alternative to names-based tracking of HIV cases. American Civil Liberties Union

No authors listed. Newsline People AIDS Coalit N Y. 1998 Jan.

Abstract

AIDS: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a report that documents Maryland's success with their HIV tracking system, using unique identifiers instead of names. The program was adopted to protect a patient's confidentiality and to encourage people to be tested without releasing their names. This is the first comprehensive study of a unique identifier system. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supports name reporting and has not funded or supported identifier systems such as those in Maryland and Texas. All States are required to track AIDS cases and 28 States voluntarily track HIV through name reporting.

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