Obamas choice to waive HIPAA in Orlando will likely help families and loved ones during the crisis.

Jun 13, 2016, 11:52 by Michael Croft

Slate Magazine | Over the last two decades, the term HIPAA has effectively become synonymous with medical privacy. But guarding medical privacy was not, and is not, its only goal. HIPAA was enacted to facilitate the necessary flow of health information while taking care not to compromise patient control.

June 13, 2016 | Over the last two decades, the term HIPAA has effectively become synonymous with medical privacy. But guarding medical privacy was not, and is not, its only goal. HIPAA was enacted to facilitate the necessary flow of health information while taking care not to compromise patient control. Slate Magazine