title: Is it time for a HIPAA for physicians?
abstract: Practices, hospitals, and healthcare systems are increasingly able to collect data about individual physician clinical performance. There is a strong temptation to use the data to make decisions about physicians' quality of care without first taking the time to establish a system that ensures valid conclusions. In addition, physicians are not informed that their data are being used, and thus do not have an opportunity to correct any inaccuracies. A HIPAA-equivalent law or regulation for physicians would help patients and physicians more accurately address these and other issues related to complex healthcare data. FERPA provides a useful framework for these concerns.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Palliative Care, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA. Electronic address: sgebauer@salud.unm.edu.
authors: Sarah
authors: S
authors: Gebauer
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA. Electronic address: timpetersen@salud.unm.edu.
authors: Timothy
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authors: Petersen
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA. Electronic address: elsteele@salud.unm.edu.
authors: Elizabeth
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authors: Steele
mesh_terms: D063025:Health Information Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States