Physicians Practice February 28, 2024
A rebuttal to a 2019 article on HIPAA.
Take a trip back with me to 2019. A fire at the famed Notre Dame Cathedral gripped the entire world, Hurricane Dorian ripped through the Bahamas, causing over $3 billion in damages, and Lil Nas X’s song “Old Town Road” dominated the US charts. But 2019 was notable for another reason, despite not making headlines. Kim-Lien Nguyen, MD, cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, wrote a provocative article for Medical Economics titled “HIPAA: At what cost?” that made several assertions regarding HIPAA and its impact on healthcare.
While the article raises some valid concerns, it is essential to critically examine specific claims and...
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