Essays on Hipaa

The HIPAA Privacy Rule deals with Protected Health Information (PHI) in general, the HIPAA Security Rule (SR) deals with electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI), which is essentially a subset of what the HIPAA Privacy Rule encompasses. In terms of actual regulatory text the HIPAA Security...

Electronic media are any device that stores and allows the use or distribution of electronic information. On the other hand, social media are an internet based interface and software that enables people to interact with one another, and exchange personal and professional information. Individuals access...

HIPAA compliance isn’t a very difficult concept to comprehend. Basically, you don’t share a patient’s medical information with anyone that isn’t the patient or has been designated by the patient. Examples of HIPAA compliance in a medical office include physical patient files that are kept...