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Do You Think HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules Are Strong Enough?

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Fifty-four percent of health IT professionals said that HIPAA's privacy and security safeguards are strong enough, according to a new survey by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Thirty-four percent of respondents said HIPAA's privacy and security protections were not strong enough, and 12% said they did not know.

According to the survey, one-third of respondents said they believe that the recent publicity surrounding patient data breaches will slow electronic health record adoption. However, 39% of respondents said they do not think it will impact EHR adoption and 13% said they think it will increase EHR adoption.

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