Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: Blessing or curse?

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-39

  Frimpong, Jemima A ^a   Rivers, Patrick A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration; Compliance; Confidentiality and privacy concerns; Electronic data transmission; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; Standardization

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIVACY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SECURITY; STANDARDIZATION;

COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750469364     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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