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Covered Entities - ✔✔Providers, hospitals, laboratories facilities, nursing homes,
rehabilitation facilities, health plans, health care clearinghouses, and those that supply
care, services, or supplies to a patient and transmit any health information
electronically.
Non-covered Entities - ✔✔Organizations that use, collect, access, and disclose
individually identifiable health information, cut do not transmit electronic data. These
do not have to comply with the Privacy Rules.
Divulge - ✔✔Make private or sensitive information known.
Business associates - ✔✔Individuals, groups, or organizations, who are not members of
a covered entity's workforce, that perform functions or activities on behalf of or for a
covered entity.
Incidental Disclosure - ✔✔Secondary use of PHI that cannot be reasonably prevented, is
limited in nature, and occurs as a result of another use or disclosure that is permitted.
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, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) - ✔✔The transfer of electronic information in a
standard format.
National Provider Identifier (NPI) - ✔✔Unique 10-digit code for providers required by
HIPAA.
HIPAA Security Rule - ✔✔Rule that describes safeguards that must be in place to
protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of health information stored in a
computer and transmitted across computer networks, including the internet.
Firewall - ✔✔Part of a computer system that blocks unauthorized access while allowing
outward communication.
Audit Trail - ✔✔A report that traces who has accessed electronic information.
Health Information Exchange (HIE) - ✔✔System that enables the sharing of health-
related information among providers according to nationally recognized standards.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - ✔✔Part of the US
Department of Labor with the mission to ensure workplace safety and a healthy
working environment.
Exposure Control Plan - ✔✔Plan that describes tasks employees must perform if there is
a risk of exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials, and what
procedures are in place to track employee exposures.
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