Primary #6 & Secondary #6
When the article by Mike Rogerâs Rolling stone hit the public on March 25, 1976 there was a huge uproar. Now that the public eye knew who Henrietta was especially her races many were very upset, including the black panther party protesting. On page 197, it goes on by saying how Victor McKusick and Susan Hsu published their research results in science. However, they used names under the heading. Which, in odern day society it is illegal to publish a name in a article without getting permission from that person themself. On page 197, it states, â Today, no scientist would dream of publishing a personâa name with any of their genetic information, because we know how much can be deduced from DNA, including the risks of developing certain diseases. Publishing personal information like this could violate the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and result in fines up to $250,000 and up to ten years in jail.â It may have seemed ok to publish someoneâs personal information without them knowing back in the day, but in our modern day society it is not acceptable.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law designed to prevent disclosure of sensitive patient
From coming across the HIPPA act in the book I was curious of what it protected a persons information from. The HIPPA act to sum up protects a patientâs health information from being exposed without a patients consent or knowledge. The article goes more in depth about what health information it protects, the security, and detailed rules about this act. Overall, it gives a lot of information on how and why it is not ok to give out a patients information without their consent. A real life example would be if you are at physical thearpy and you see someone who is injured and ask your therapist what happened to them, they say they canât release that information because of the HIPPA act.












