HIPAA Security Rule
With so many health organizations turning to electronic transfer and receiving of individual health information, certain rules must be in place to ensure health information is kept confidential. In the article “Summary of the HIPAA Security Rule” defines the different roles that the rule covers. Here are some examples of what the HIPAA security rule covers: administrative safeguards, physical and technical safeguards, policies and procedure requirements and much more.
In the administrative safeguards proper personal is put in place to ensure management and employees are trained properly on HIPAA, and provide limited access on patient information in the workplace. In the physical and technical safeguards certain controls are available among
employees, and proper technical devices are put in place to ensure patient information is kept confidential electronically. Last in the policies and procedure requirements ensure that health care organizations are covered under HIPAA and are renewed in a timely manner.
The HIPAA security rule is designed to help keep individual health information confidential between electronic transfers and among the workplace.
In the administrative safeguards proper personal is put in place to ensure management and employees are trained properly on HIPAA, and provide limited access on patient information in the workplace. In the physical and technical safeguards certain controls are available among
employees, and proper technical devices are put in place to ensure patient information is kept confidential electronically. Last in the policies and procedure requirements ensure that health care organizations are covered under HIPAA and are renewed in a timely manner.
The HIPAA security rule is designed to help keep individual health information confidential between electronic transfers and among the workplace.