Researcher: HIPAA Privacy Rule Hinders Health Research

Rules designed to safeguard the privacy of patients’ medical records are not as effective as they should be and may also impede health research, according to a senior researcher at RTI International. Wendy Visscher, Ph.D., director of Office of Research Protection at RTI International, shared those findings with an advisory committee as part of a briefing March 3, 2009.

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Filed under: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance on March 13th, 2009