How HIPAA is impeding physician-patient email interactions:
As most medicos know, legalities are only as binding as a judge sees fit… especially with the long shadow cast over the health business by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Not only has the Act made it really hard to stay out of a courtroom, but health pros are having more and more trouble keeping up with HIPAA’s requirements.
(via a reader tip)





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