TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Invasion of Privacy and Issues Pertaining to Confidentiality A1 - Weissman, Fred G. A1 - Pinder, Jim A1 - Berns, Mark R. PY - 2016 T2 - Pharmacy Practice and Tort Law AB - In 1996, the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) came into existence and dealt with protecting patients from having their medical information inappropriately disseminated, providing greater security of an individual’s health care information. Prior to this Act, many of the states had relatively stringent health care privacy laws. As an example, California had and still has four such laws: SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1128399811 ER -