Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Security Rule

Protecting Health Information: the HIPAA Security and Breach Notification Rules

Protecting Health Information: the HIPAA Security and Breach Notification Rules

The Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act and the practice of dentistry in the United States: system security.

This article reviews the issues related to the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) security rule that apply to dental practice. The security rule specifically addresses individually identifiable health information that is transmitted or maintained in electronic media. System security must be applied to the entire technical infrastructure for the practice environment as wel...

The Neo-Institutional View of HIPAA Compliance in Home Health Care

Despite many years since the enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), healthcare providers have been slow to fully comply with the regulatory requirements, especially the privacy and security rules concerning protection of electronic personal health information. Neo-institutional theory, a dominant analytical perspective of organizational behavior, suggests ...

It’s Time for Innovation in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Whether it is the result of a tragic news story, a thoughtful commentary, or a segment on the entertainment networks, patient privacy rights are never far from the top of our minds. The Privacy and Security Rules contained in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) represent a concerted effort to protect the privacy and security of the volumes of patient data gen...