The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) privacy rule: Implications for clinical research

Annual Review of Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue , 2006, Pages 575-590

  Nosowsky, Rachel ^a   Giordano, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Health privacy; Human subjects; Medical privacy; Patient rights

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIVACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32944471696     PISSN: 00664219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.med.57.121304.131257     Document Type: Review

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