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Although the regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) regarding the privacy of medical records are new,¹ the concept of using federal law to protect the privacy of medical records is not. The substance of the new regulations can be traced back to work done in the 1970s, especially the report of the Privacy Protection Study Commission, which helped to articulate the case for national privacy standards for a variety of records kept on citizens.² The Clinton Health Security Act contains a separate section entitled "Privacy of Information" that sets forth the framework for the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Principles of Privacy

The Privacy Notice

Authorization to Disclose Health Information

Patients' Rights to Medical Records

Children, Emergencies, and Resident Training

Medical Research

Enforcement

Conclusions

Source Information

From the Health Law Department, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston.

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