HIPAA-protecting patient confidentiality or covering something else?

No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. A case of a physician fired from the Veterans Administration (VA) for violation of the Health Care Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) illustrates a problem with both the law and the VA. Anil Parikh, a VA physician at the Jesse Br...

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Main Author: Robbins RA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2013-10-01
Series:Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Subjects:
VA
Online Access:http://www.swjpcc.com/editorial/2013/10/4/hipaa-protecting-patient-confidentiality-or-covering-somethi.html