HIPAA and Electronic Health Information

Deliverable length: 4-5 pages not including cover and reference pages

You have been invited to do a presentation to the laboratory  department regarding Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act  (HIPAA) compliance and electronic health records. Discuss the salient  points of your presentation and why you feel it is important to include  this information in your presentation.
 

Include the following information:

• Define protected health information and when it can be disclosed.  
• Differentiate between the privacy rule and the security rule as it applies to actual use in the laboratory.  
• Differentiate between identifiable and unidentified information and their uses.