HIPAA - correct answer ✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Hippa includes standards that specifically protect the privacy and security of
-EMR
-EHR
-PHI
-EMT - correct answer ✔PHI
What is the goal of HIPPA - correct answer ✔Safeguard PHI whithout
slowing the flow of if=nformation needed to provide quality health care
HITECH stands for: - correct answer ✔Health Information Technology
HITECH strengthens HIPPA By: - correct answer ✔Adding more rules and
stricter oenalties to privacy and security laws
HIPPA's privacy rule protects all individually identifiable health information by
protecting: - correct answer ✔-Client health information
-A clients right to access and make changes to their information
-A clients right to know who is accessing their medical information
The Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) outlines how a client's information can
be