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Health Record Privacy Law Is Messing Up Research

Just days after a deputy director of national intelligence told Americans that we need to rethink our concepts of privacy, comes news that it may, in fact, be harming us in the long run. In a recent national survey, nearly 70% of research scientists said the 2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is "impeding scientific research, stalling clinical studies and halting others altogether." More »

11:15 PM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By Chris Walters
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Latest by FLConsumer: Give me a break. HIPAA doesn't really change a damn thing in terms of research. Any boob can more »