18 pages. "Patients and providers alike have expressed concern that broad access to medical records by insurers, employers, and others may result in inappropriate use of the information.... [Uncertainty in applying the final HIPAA privacy regulation, in part] stems from HHS' approach of allowing entities flexibility in complying with its requirements. Although organizations generally applaud this approach, they acknowledge that greater specificity would likely allay some of their compliance concerns." [GAO-01-387T, published Feb. 8, 2001, released Feb. 8, 2001]

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