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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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 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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Data breaches of protected health information in the United States. JAMA. 2015 Apr 14; 313(14):1471-3.
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Bridging the gap between basic science and clinical practice: a role for community clinicians. Implement Sci. 2011 Apr 04; 6:34.
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How research will adapt to HIPAA: a view from within the healthcare delivery system. Am J Law Med. 2002; 28(4):491-502.