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Members of the Society of American Archivists Science, Technology & Health Care Roundtable (STHC) and the Librarians, Archivists, and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences (LAMPHHS) have compiled this web page to provide information on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and its impact on historical research in libraries, archives, or other records repositories. The information provided here is not intended to be legal advice. Please contact your institution's legal counsel for clarification on HIPAA and access to records in your repository.
HIPAA Resource Page: https://lamphhs.org/resources/#cat_1 (This link will open a new window. To return to this page close the window).
SAA Issue Brief on HIPAA (2014).
Hi there,
I'm currently doing some research into restrictions for my institution and I was interested in seeing the HIPAA resource page, however, when I click on the link, the page is not found. Is this page no longer available or can I find it somewhere else?
Thank you,
Elizabeth Delmage
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Yeah I ran into the same broken link issue a while back - super frustrating when you're trying to do actual research and the resource just isn't there anymore. It's a bit ironic that an archivists' organization has dead links on its own site, but I get it, these things happen. Anyway, I ended up piecing together what I needed from other sources. On a slightly different note - I do archival field research and have started working with collections in Eastern Europe, including Ukraine. One thing I always sort out before any trip now is coverage. I went through travel insurance for Ukraine before my last visit and it was straightforward enough that I didn't need to spend hours comparing policies across ten different tabs.
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