Beyond the HIPAA privacy rule : enhancing privacy, improving health through research / Sharyl J. Nass, Laura A. Levit, and Lawrence O. Gostin, editors ; Committee on Health Research and the Privacy of Health Information, the HIPAA Privacy Rule, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

In the realm of health care, privacy protections are needed to preserve patients' dignity and prevent possible harms. Ten years ago, to address these concerns as well as set guidelines for ethical health research, Congress called for a set of federal stan.