HIPAA Final Rule: Modification of Business Associate Definition, Part (4)–Personal Health Record Vendor
February 12, 2013. Today, we examine the role of the personal health record vendor in paragraph (3)—the third paragraph of...
HHS Publishes EHR Standards, Implementation Specifications and Certification Criteria IFR
Jan 13, 2010
HHS published today in the Federal Register: “Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for...
Word of the Day: Interoperability
Oct 15, 2009
Interoperability: The ability to exchange and use information (usually in a large heterogeneous network made up of several local area...
Transmission Security Encryption: What to Do and How to Do It
Jul 14, 2009
In our series on the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule, this is the second of two implementation specifications for the...
Transmission Security: What This HIPAA Security Rule Technical Safeguard Standard Means
Jul 10, 2009
This is the fifth and last Technical Safeguard Standard of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule. It has two implementation...