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Patient Privacy in a Medical Practice Setting
Patient Privacy in a Medical Practice Setting
With the advent of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, patient confidentiality and privacy has been on the minds of all medical practitioners. Gone are the days of leaving lab results on an answering machine or simply tossing confidential data into the trash can sans shredding. Further, offices that are now …