1.   - Patient privacy was not protected adequately.

2.   In some cases, medical information is being sold without even minimal precautions to protect patient privacy.

3.   It has hired a law firm firm to lobby in Washington for stronger protection of patient privacy.

4.   Privacy advocates hail the decision as a boost for patient privacy rights.

5.   Such large networks, Woodward and others fear, will expand the problem of patient privacy exponentially.

6.   The current debate is sharpened, both sides say, by the lack of a federal law to protect patient privacy.

7.   The main obstacle is the concern over patient privacy by mental health professionals, Tombs said.

8.   The notion was shelved, the administration said, until Congress passes legislation to protect patient privacy.

9.   There are no comprehensive federal regulations governing patient privacy, only state laws.

10.   To be sure, putting such huge amounts of confidential data on relatively open networks could jeopardize patient privacy rights.