Addressing Clinical Trial Recruitment and Retention Issues Imposed by HIPAA Step by Step (first of a series)

Recent reports indicate that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that went into effect in 2003 has adversely affected clinical trial conduct by (a) increasing researchers’ administrative burden; (b) increasing overall trial conduct costs; (c) delaying initial project approval; (d) hampering medical record and registry research, and most critical; (e) impeding clinical trial recruiting [...]