The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act passed in 1996. A US federal law that provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information. Core components include the Privacy Rule, Security Rule, and Breach Notification Rule.
Key aspects of HIPAA:
- Protects confidentiality and integrity of Protected Health Information (PHI)
- Establishes permitted uses and disclosures of PHI by covered entities
- Gives patients rights over control of their health information
- Requires reasonable safeguards for PHI in storage and transmission
- Provides standards for electronic healthcare transactions
- Requires reporting of breaches compromising unsecured PHI
- Enforced by Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights
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