The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Most people consider their health information, which they share with health care providers to receive treatment, to be among the most sensitive types of personal information. Their medical records include details on illness diagnoses, lab results, treatment options, lifestyle, chronic conditions, or mental health counseling.
Many people fear that they will be embarrassed if their health data is not kept secret, and some even fear for their lives if particularly intimate facts, such as reasons for health counseling, are disclosed. Other people may fear that insurance companies or employers could reject them because of information in their health records.
People often feel that they ...
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