Health Information Compliance Alert
Table: Understand Other Privacy/Security Laws & Requirements
ONC offers new guide to electronic health information for small providers.
Mistake: Although the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, HITECH, and Meaningful Use certainly keep you busy enough in your privacy and security compliance efforts, these aren’t the only laws and requirements that your practice needs to pay attention to.
Here’s a snapshot of different privacy- and security-related laws and requirements that your practice is likely subject to, according to the newly released “Guide to Privacy and Security of Electronic Health Information” from the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC):
Source: “Guide to Privacy and Security of Electronic Health Information” — www.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/privacy/privacy-and-security-guide.pdf.
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