title: Health information, the HIPAA privacy rule, and health care: what do physicians think?
abstract: This study examines physicians' attitudes toward key Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule requirements and assesses the effects of their implementation. We found that despite physicians' generally negative views toward the Privacy Rule, they rated organizations implementing more rule requirements better at protecting the privacy of patient records than organizations that have not implemented the requirements. The policy implications of the findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. slutsmaj@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Slutsman
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kass
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McGready
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wynia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003625:Data Collection; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States