Posts tagged 'medical records'

January 15, 2009
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Egads, Our Medical Records Are an Open Book!

Well, not quite. They can't legally be published online or in a print publication, but they can be shared with too many groups without our consent. Most people have never heard of HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, but that law is the source of what privacy rights we have and don't have. HIPAA directed the federal government to establish privacy rules for p...