Learn about HIPAA, the U.S. act safeguarding healthcare data privacy and setting standards for medical information storage ...
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations have been widely discussed in the press and within the medical provider community. Doctors and hospitals have grown used to ...
In April 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued final regulations addressing reproductive health care under HIPAA (89 Fed. Reg. 32976 (Apr. 26 ...
Curt Varone gives fire departments and EMS providers what they need to know in the wake of the Department of Health and Human Services' revisions on HIPAA compliance. Medical records are a prime ...
The Information Technology Security and Privacy Office is responsible for ensuring administrative, technical, and physical safeguards are implemented to ensure the ...
HHS issued new guidance on HIPAA to allow health information exchanges to share protected health information for public health purposes. 1. The guidance defines HIEs as organizations that share ...
The Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule was issued to protect a person's individually identifiable health information and addresses ...
As the possibilities for electronic communication continue to expand with great speed, use of the technology by hospital employees and physicians without adequate security can expose your facility to ...
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has never been the most glamorous law; however, it has undoubtedly enjoyed more of a spotlight in recent years with the COVID-19 ...