This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards. HIPAA Privacy Definitions: BreachBusiness AssociateCovered EntityDisclosureElectronic Health RecordHealth Care Operations Health Care ProviderHealth PlanNational CoordinatorPaymentPersonal Health RecordProtected Health Information SecretarySecurityStateTreatmentUseVendor Of Personal Health…
Category: Health IT and HITECH
The Definition of Electronic Health Record
This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards. HIPAA Privacy Definitions: BreachBusiness AssociateCovered EntityDisclosureElectronic Health RecordHealth Care Operations Health Care ProviderHealth PlanNational CoordinatorPaymentPersonal Health RecordProtected Health Information SecretarySecurityStateTreatmentUseVendor Of Personal Health…
The Definition of Disclosure
This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards. HIPAA Privacy Definitions: BreachBusiness AssociateCovered EntityDisclosureElectronic Health RecordHealth Care Operations Health Care ProviderHealth PlanNational CoordinatorPaymentPersonal Health RecordProtected Health Information SecretarySecurityStateTreatmentUseVendor Of Personal Health…
The Definition of Covered Entity
This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards. HIPAA Privacy Definitions: BreachBusiness AssociateCovered EntityDisclosureElectronic Health RecordHealth Care Operations Health Care ProviderHealth PlanNational CoordinatorPaymentPersonal Health RecordProtected Health Information SecretarySecurityStateTreatmentUseVendor Of Personal Health…
The Definition of Business Associate
This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards. HIPAA Privacy Definitions: BreachBusiness AssociateCovered EntityDisclosureElectronic Health RecordHealth Care Operations Health Care ProviderHealth PlanNational CoordinatorPaymentPersonal Health RecordProtected Health Information SecretarySecurityStateTreatmentUseVendor Of Personal Health…
The Definition of Breach
This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards. HIPAA Privacy Definitions: BreachBusiness AssociateCovered EntityDisclosureElectronic Health RecordHealth Care Operations Health Care ProviderHealth PlanNational CoordinatorPaymentPersonal Health RecordProtected Health Information SecretarySecurityStateTreatmentUseVendor Of Personal Health…
Word of the Day: Evidence-Based Medicine
Evidence-Based Medicine: The conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. The practice of evidence-based medicine means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research.
Word of the Day: Digital Signature
Digital Signature: An electronic signature, which serves as a unique identifier for an individual, much like a written signature, in which an algorithm authenticates the integrity of the signed data and the identity of the signatory.
Word of the Day: Health Level 7 (HL7)
Health Level 7 (HL7): One of several American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-accredited standards developing organizations (SDOs) operating in the health care arena. Most SDOs produce standards (sometimes called specifications or protocols) for a particular health care domain such as pharmacy, medical devices, imaging, or insurance (claims processing) transactions. HL7’s domain is clinical and administrative data.
Word of the Day: Digital Signature
Digital Signature: An electronic signature, which serves as a unique identifier for an individual, much like a written signature, in which an algorithm authenticates the integrity of the signed data and the identity of the signatory.