Levine Carol
Families and Health Care Project at the United Hospital Fund in New York City, USA.
Am J Nurs. 2006 Aug;106(8):51-3. doi: 10.1097/00000446-200608000-00022.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (PL 104-191), known as HIPAA, has confused and unnecessarily alarmed many conscientious health care providers. Nurses in particular are likely to be on the front line of family caregivers' inquiries, because physicians are often difficult to reach and because family caregivers look to nurses as sources of reliable information. A major retraining of health care providers at all levels is needed to dampen the "HIPAA scare" and clarify what HIPAA does and does not say about communication with family caregivers.
1996年的《健康保险流通与责任法案》（第104 - 191号公法），即《健康保险流通与责任法案》（HIPAA），让许多尽责的医疗服务提供者感到困惑并引发了不必要的恐慌。尤其是护士，很可能处于家庭护理人员咨询的第一线，因为医生常常难以联系上，而且家庭护理人员将护士视为可靠信息的来源。需要对各级医疗服务提供者进行重大的再培训，以消除“《健康保险流通与责任法案》恐慌”，并阐明该法案对于与家庭护理人员沟通的规定与未规定的内容。
