Fierce Health Payers August 26, 2020
Privacy laws in the U.S. protect confidential medical information.
But the next crop of healthcare professionals say they would violate those privacy laws—for a price.
A study of graduating students looking to go into the healthcare field found that close to half (46%) said they would violate federal privacy regulations for an amount of money ranging from $1,000 to more than $10 million.
While many of the graduating students interviewed believed there would be a high probability of getting caught, they said they still would be willing to violate regulations of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, according to a study published in JMIR Medical Informatics in July.
Researchers at Florida Atlantic University, Baylor...
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