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# Word of the Day: Electronic Media
- URL: https://hipaa.com/word-of-the-day-electronic-media/
- Published: 2009-10-14T15:32:08.000Z
- Updated: 2009-10-14T15:32:08.000Z
- Author: Carolyn Hartley
- Tags: Regulations & Rulemaking, #wp-hitech, #Import 2026-10-24 17:32

**Electronic Media**: Electronic storage media including memory devices in computers (hard drives) and any removable/transportable digital memory medium, such as magnetic tape or disk, optical disk, or digital memory card; or transmission media used to exchange information already in electronic storage media. Transmission media include the Internet (wide open), extranet (using Internet technology to link a business with information accessible only to collaborating parties), leased lines, dial-up lines, private networks, and the physical movement of removable/transportable electronic storage media. Written communications sent via facsimile (not from one computer to another) and verbal information exchanges are not considered electronic media.