Hurricane Katrina : HIPAA Privacy and Electronic Health Records of Evacuees.

Discusses HHS waiver of certain provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule in response to Hurricane Katrina and guidance issued by HHS to clarify situations where the HIPAA privacy rule allows information sharing to assist in disaster relief efforts an...

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Bibliographic Details

Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Disaster relief. Hurricanes. Internet. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book