Medical Records Confidentiality.

Reviews laws governing information practices for health records, including the Federal Privacy Act of 1974, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Federal and State laws, and 2000 European Union directive on data protection. Covers legislative proposals for medical records...

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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], 2000.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Laws, etc. (Statutes of the United States) Health facilities. Information services. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Reviews laws governing information practices for health records, including the Federal Privacy Act of 1974, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Federal and State laws, and 2000 European Union directive on data protection. Covers legislative proposals for medical records confidentiality and related issues.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.