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HIPAA Privacy Security
HIPAA is an acronym that stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996 to ensure that privacy is maintained in regards to patients' medical records. HIPAA to greater extent has transformed the way that health care providers manage patients' personal information. HIPAA has not only set the ground rules for sharing patient records between clinics and insurance companies, it has also created a vast new standard for ensuring the privacy of personal medical information.
The Privacy Rules under HIPAA lay down requirements with respect to the use and disclosure of PHI (Protected Health Information) as well as provide patients and research subjects with certain rights related to their protected health information. Until the privacy rule came into effect in 2003, patients did not have a right to view their own medical information. Under HIPAA access to this information is now definite. Under Privacy Rule, patients possess right to demand both civil and criminal penalties in case they find out their information was accessed by parties who should not have access to it.
The Security Rule under HIPAA focuses on the safeguarding of EPHI (Electronic Protected Health Information). It is that segment of HIPAA that establishes a security framework for those entities that deal with medically sensitive information. The security rule demands that all HIPAA entities provide a security plan with safeguards explicitly defined for the following areas: Administrative, Physical and Technical. Each section must have defined procedures that ensure medical data is protected.
We offer Certified HIPAA Privacy Security Expert (CHPSE) Certification. This certification is of immense help to understand the HIPAA law requirement for HIPAA Privacy & HIPAA security rule and will provide all the necessary guidelines on how to make your organization HIPAA compliant.
