HIPAA

HIPAA



HIPAA

Introduction

HIPAA universally known as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a component of the United States constitution enacted in 1996 by President Bill Clinton (Kiel, 2006). The aim of HIPAA was to enhance the efficiency in delivery of healthcare services through a standard procedures using electronic interchange of Data. Moreover, HIPAA provision right to every citizen to keep his or her health information private. Key Features of HIPAA demand compliance of:

Standard transaction of data in electronic formats

Privacy

Security

Standard code setting

How HIPAA affects the law enforcement personnel

The method hospitals used to release patient information related to their health ...