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- Title
Influence of the HIPAA Privacy Rule on Health Research.
- Authors
Ness, Roberta B.
- Abstract
This article reports on a study to see if the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) Privacy Rule is doing what was intended. The Privacy Rule was supposed to find a balance between individual privacy and identifiable health information that would help drive research to maintain public health in the U.S. It allows health care providers to disclose personal health information for research purposes only if the patient permits. It also allows for this information to be given to public health without the patient's consent if required by another law. The authors surveyed epidemiologists about their feelings on the Privacy Act and most of the respondents felt it has had a negative impact on health research.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PRESUMED consent (Medical law); LEGAL status of patients; RIGHT of privacy; PUBLIC health; MEDICAL research; EPIDEMIOLOGISTS; MEDICAL informatics; MEDICAL records; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2007, Vol 298, Issue 18, p2164
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.298.18.2164