Hipaa - Health Insurance Portability

Hipaa

Hipaa - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

HIPAA ( Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) is United States legislation that provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical

information.

What are 3 major things addressed in the Hipaa law?

The three  important components of HIPAA security rule compliance. Keeping patient data safe requires healthcare organizations to exercise best practices in three areas: 

1. administrative,

2. physical security, 

3.technical security.