Hello everyone, I own a listserv primarily for healthcare providers who use the forum to discuss clinical issues to help determine the best course of treatment for the individuals that we serve. Recently there have been federal guidelines for privacy and personal health information security and privacy enacted. I was wondering if anyone else on this list has to deal with this issue, and I am curious as to how it was addressed. I run an international forum, so US federal regulations are not necessarily the law for everyone. As I understand it, the listserv/list owner/ list moderator are not responsible for becoming compliance officers for the entire subscriber base. It seems that the issue is really an issue of individual responsibility for each subscriber to do everything possible to protect the confidentiality of their patients/clients and still use the power of the forum to help determine the best possible clinical plan for their patients. I am open to any comments, suggestions, references, links, etc. Thanks. Paul E. Prusakowski