Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
"Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Public Law 104-91 enacted in 1996, was designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare system, protect health insurance coverage for workers and their families, and to protect individual personal health information.
| Descriptor ID |
D020408
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.576.343.349 N03.706.615.273
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- PL 104-191
- PL104-191
- PL104 191
- United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Kassebaum Kennedy Act
- Kennedy Kassebaum Act
- HIPAA
- Public Law 104-191
- Public Law 104 191
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act" by people in Profiles.
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Effect of Public Deliberation on Patient Attitudes Regarding Consent and Data Use in a Learning Health Care System for Oncology. J Clin Oncol. 2019 12 01; 37(34):3203-3211.
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The Medical Science DMZ. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2016 11; 23(6):1199-1201.
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Design and implementation of a privacy preserving electronic health record linkage tool in Chicago. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2015 Sep; 22(5):1072-80.
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Legitimate and ethical: distinguishing when and how regulations apply in patient-oriented research. Am J Bioeth. 2011 Nov; 11(11):42-3.
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Breaching confidentiality to protect the public: evolving standards of medical confidentiality for military detainees. Am J Bioeth. 2007 Aug; 7(8):1-5.
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Compliance with HIPAA regulations: ethics and excesses. Thorac Surg Clin. 2005 Nov; 15(4):513-8.
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Health information, the HIPAA privacy rule, and health care: what do physicians think? Health Aff (Millwood). 2005 May-Jun; 24(3):832-42.
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The 2003 Air Medical Leadership Congress: findings and recommendations. Air Med J. 2004 May-Jun; 23(3):20-36.