Within the area of the human services industry there are manyemerging issues. Th

Within the area of the human services industry there are manyemerging issues. The most controversial perhaps is the patientprivacy in healthcare agencies. Rapid advancements in informationtechnology the development of health care delivery systems withnontraditional relationships to other business entities and theease with which personally identifiable health information may beelectronically disclosed around the globe have caused genuineconcern among patient advocacy organizations state and federalgovernments and the medical profession (Jon H. Sutton2001).