Law means rethinking how you protect patient data
Harris SM - There needs to be some reworking and rethinking by covered entities and business associates, the terms that HIPAA created for the parties dealing with health information. Physicians, hospitals, health plans and health care clearinghouses are covered entities, which transmit health information. Business associates are those who use health information as they are performing services on behalf of a covered entity, such as legal, accounting, consulting or administrative work. [more...]
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