PPV: Presidential election casts uncertainty on HIPAA: HIT adoption, enforcement at stake
HIM Connection, August 5, 2008
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The presidential election is still months away, and presumptive nominees John McCain and Barack Obama have only begun articulating substantive policy positions. But one thing is clear: HIPAA is at a turning point.
“It’s almost inevitable that some of these things have to be changed,” says John C. Parmigiani, president of John C. Parmigiani & Associates, LLC, in Ellicott City, MD, and a contributor to the development of the privacy and security rules. “There’s a push toward more enforcement, and there’s more awareness on the part of the public.”
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