A Tenuous Grip on Data; Medical data travels far and wide on a typical day, vulnerable at each handoff

A Tenuous Grip on Data; Medical data travels far and wide on a typical day, vulnerable at each handoff

HHS can fine organizations that violate HIPAA, but it has fined none so far. The department prefers "voluntary cooperation" after a complaint, says Sue McAndrew, deputy director for health information privacy at the Office for Civil Rights, the HHS group that enforces HIPAA privacy rules.

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Veröffentlicht in:Baseline 2006-12, Vol.1 (67), p.1-1
Hauptverfasser: Nash, Kim S, Gage, Deborah
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
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Complaints
Compliance
Criminal investigations
Data integrity
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act 1996-US
Information dissemination
Information technology
Patients
Privacy
Software
Virtual private networks
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Zusammenfassung:HHS can fine organizations that violate HIPAA, but it has fined none so far. The department prefers "voluntary cooperation" after a complaint, says Sue McAndrew, deputy director for health information privacy at the Office for Civil Rights, the HHS group that enforces HIPAA privacy rules.
ISSN:1541-3004