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HIPAA = Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
HIPAA Website: An extensive website with
a great deal of information about the new Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rules has been established by
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil
Rights and can be found at
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/.
U.S.
HIPAA:
Patient Privacy Rules Bring Wide Confusion -
The transplant patient was recovering well when doctors discovered
that his new heart might have been infected with bacteria before the
operation. When the doctors sought more information so they could give
the man the right antibiotics, the hospital where the donor had died
refused, citing new federal patient privacy rules. "It was
ridiculous. The only live part of the donor was in our patient," said
Deeb Salem.
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