HHS Issues Guidelines for HIPAA Privacy Compliance
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidelines to clarify privacy regulations that were developed pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The agency likely will change the privacy rule to allow parents more access to their children�s medical records.Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, HHS Web Site.
Changes Coming to the Federal Medical Privacy Rule, The Standard, July 6, 2001.