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The HIPAA Journal provides the most comprehensive coverage of HIPAA news anywhere online, in addition to independent advice about HIPAA compliance and the best practices to adopt to avoid data breaches, HIPAA violations and regulatory fines.
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HIPAA provides rules for protected health information (PHI) and what should be protected and secured. The privacy rule regulates the use and disclosure of PHI and sets standards that an entity working with health data must follow to protect patients' private medical information.
The latest news, updates, trends, and developments in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This HIPAA News section is your go-to resource for staying informed about the ever-changing landscape of HIPAA regulations and compliance requirements.
Given these concerns, it is timely to reexamine the adequacy of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the nation’s most important legal safeguard against unauthorized disclosure and use of health information.
The term HIPAA should be familiar to those who work in the medical profession, but this article includes details on its rules, patients' rights, violations, breaches, and penalties. To help administer these safeguards, HIPAA requires that every organization designate a HIPAA privacy and security officer.
1 gru 2019 · This article—part 1 of a 2-part series—is a refresher on HIPAA, its history, its rules, its implications, and the role that imaging professionals play. HIPAA includes 5 titles, and its regulations are complex.
In this article, we present relevant regulatory history, describe challenges to health data portability and fluidity, and present the authors’ policy recommendations for lawmakers to consider so that the vision of HIPAA, HITECH, and Cures may be fulfilled.