HIPAA- Enforcing Stricter Regulations to Provide Greater Protection for Patient Health Information

HIPAA is a United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and consists of HIPAA I and HIPAA II. HIPAA I administer health insurance norms, which are meant for people who loose or change jobs. The HIPAA II is about standardization of healthcare procedure that the health providers are required to follow. The later version [...]

HIPAA Privacy Policies and Standards

Howdy Readers, I was just going through an interesting read on the internet which i wish to share with you all… Why is the HIPAA Privacy Rule needed? When it comes to individual health and medical data it can be collected, stored, analyzed and distributed in unprecedented quantities and put to diverse uses. Employers utilize [...]