Administrative ethics: the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIPAA the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which was passed in 1996, was designed to provide federal government protection personally identifiable information, which is held by any of the organizations covered by the Act. Furthermore, the Act gives patients numerous rights in respect to their personal health information. Additionally, the Act is designed in such a way to allow the disclosure of personal information for such important purposes as patient care. However, the administration of the Act has posed a significant challenge to the healthcare providers. A majority of the healthcare providers has applied the Act overzealously; this has foiled ...
