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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2007.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 and with patient care. Provides brief overview of the development of electronic health records and KatrinaHealth.org, a website that shared prescription drug information for Katrina evacuees with health care professionals. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |