How_Secure_Are_Your_Medical_Records_Even_With_HIPAA_

How Secure Are Your Medical Records Even With HIPAA' Effective as of April 14, 2003, HIPAA or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, went into place replacing the old system of health related information privacy such as the age-old practice of doctor/patient privilege. HIPAA is a nation standard put into place to protect your health related information. Quoted from Medical Record Privacy, “The extent of privacy protection given to your medical information often depends on where the records are located and the purpose for which the information was compiled. The laws that cover privacy of medical information vary by situation. And, confidentiality is likely to be lost in return for insurance coverage, an employment opportunity, your application for a government benefit, or an investigation of health and safety at your work site. In short, you may have a false sense of security” (Privacy 1). There are some areas where HIPAA doesn’t even attempt to cover. Such information, hipaa, health, privacy, personal, medical, areas, time, standard, shortcomings, short, reports, related, place, out, insurance, include, employment, cover, comes, act, worked, work, while, very, vary, under, thought, system, sue, situation, site, significant, sense, security