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| - | ====== Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ====== | + | ====== Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance ====== |
| [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.l_regulations:start| Return to Governance and Regulation]] | [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.l_regulations:start| Return to Governance and Regulation]] | ||
| - | [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:h:hippa]] | + | [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:h:hippa]] is United States legislation providing data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information that is collected and controlled by Health Plans, Health Care Providers and Health Care Clearinghouses. The law ganed in importance in recent years beause cyber attacks have allowed the medical records data secuirty perimeters to be breached. |
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| + | The federal law was signed by President Bill Clinton on Aug. 21, 1996. HIPAA overrides state laws regarding the safety of medical information, unless the state law is considered more stringent than HIPAA. [[https://searchhealthit.techtarget.com/definition/HIPAA]] | ||
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| ===== Who Must Follow These Laws? ===== | ===== Who Must Follow These Laws? ===== | ||
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