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"The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996 (HIPAA) is best known for protecting
the!privacy
!and!security
!of patientsmedical records. It
provides certain patient rights over the access, use, and
distribution of personally identi'able health information, as
well as criteria for information disclosures and security
requirements that health care providers,!insurance plans
,
and clearinghouses must follow." (Codington-Lacerte, C.
2021)
"Health information technology is protected under the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(HIPAA). HIPAA was enacted to protect health care coverage
for people when they lost employment or changed jobs and
safeguard medical information and establish security
standards for access to electronic health care transactions,
among other provisions. The establishment of HIPAA had a
great e/ect concerning how and who can access medical
records. It also laid out penalties for violations, but these
were rarely enforced. This led to the creation of federal
health care information privacy and security rules known as
the HITECH Act, which modi'ed some parts of HIPAA and set
stricter guidelines for enforcing standards." (Harmon, 2022)
HIPAA and the HITECH Act work simultaneously to ensure
patient privacy rights, no matter in written or electronical
form are protected at its highest level and ensure that those
that violate these laws are held at the highest penalty.!
Reference:
Codington-Lacerte, C. (2021). Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996.!Salem Press Encyclopedia.
Harmon, A. (2022). Health Information Technology for
Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act).!Salem Press
Encyclopedia.
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