What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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U.S. patient privacy law that impact information security regulations due to the storage and transmission of health care data over information technology systems. Learn more in: Trends in Information Security Regulation

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An act formulated in 1996 for the secure transmission and usability of the private health information electronically. Learn more in: Patient Data De-Identification: A Conditional Random-Field-Based Supervised Approach

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A US law designed to provide privacy standards to protect patients’ medical records and other health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals and other health care providers. Developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, these new standards provide patients with access to their medical records and more control over how their personal health information is used and disclosed. Learn more in: An Analysis of a Successful Emergency Telemedicine Venture

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Mandates that a healthcare provider who “maintains or transmits health information shall maintain reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect against any reasonably anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of the information; and unauthorized uses or disclosures of the information.” (“Health Insurance Portability”, 1996). Learn more in: Reconfigurable Embedded Medical Systems

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Makes the ability to transfer and continue health insurance coverage for patient care to millions of citizens and families that lose their jobs, and protects the patients’ privacy. Learn more in: Organizational Leadership and Health Care Reform

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1996 U.S. regulation to protect security and privacy of patient health data. Learn more in: The Use of Smart Card Technology in Health Care

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Enacted in 1996 to establish national standards to protect individuals' medical records and other personal health information. Learn more in: Apps and Their Applications: Novel Uses of Technology in the Clinical Setting

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Federal regulations establishing national standards for the confidentiality and security of health care data. Learn more in: An Integrative Framework for the Study of Information Security Management Research

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is an American federal law that requires employers to protect employee medical records as confidential. HIPAA includes regulations that cover how employers must protect employees' medical privacy rights and the privacy of their health information. Learn more in: Cyber Security in Health: Standard Protocols for IoT and Supervisory Control Systems

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A U.S. federal law enacted in 1996 that protects continuity of health coverage when a person changes or loses a job, that limits health-plan exclusions for preexisting medical conditions, that requires that patient medical information be kept private and secure, that standardizes electronic transactions involving health information, and that permits tax deduction of health insurance premiums by the self-employed. Learn more in: Improving Patient Care With Telemedicine Technology

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HIPAA provides a US standard to protect the privacy of personal health information, including PHI. Learn more in: An Integrated Secure Software Engineering Approach for Functional, Collaborative, and Information Concerns