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What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

Chapter 329
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
(HIPAA; OCR Privacy Brief, p. 1) “Public Law 104-191, was enacted on August 21, 1996. Sections 261 through 264 of HIPAA require the Secretary of HHS to publicize standards for the electronic exchange, privacy, and security of health information.
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Health Information Technology and Business Process Reengineering
T. Ray Ruffin (Wake Technical Community College, USA & University of Mount Olive, USA & University of Phoenix, USA & Colorado Technical University, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch329
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HIPAA provide several guidelines and regulations designed to protect individuals and their medical information. Not only does it cover privacy issues, but also a person’s right access to all of his or her medical information. Most important to this discussion is the need for organizations to meet the Privacy Rule stipulations in regards to protecting data.
Published in Chapter: A "One-Pass" Methodology for Sensitive Data Disk Wipes; From: Handbook of Research on Information Security and Assurance
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