Resources for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

HIPAA vs. Medical Research

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But for those researchers who do retrospective medical research, that is examining patients record years after treatment or medical incident, work has been stymied. That's because getting access to those records is forbidden without a patient's consent first. HIPAA went into effect in 2003. It was designed to set standards for protecting privacy during the electronic transfer of medical information. It was never to target medical research. But the Institute of Medicine national survey indicates that is indeed what has happened.

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