Do you know that HIPAA is actually he reason your medical records don’t end up in the wild? Your health data is private, and HIPAA makes sure it stays that way. This isn’t some corporate suggestion, it’s federal law, and violating it can cost businesses millions. From hospitals to insurance companies, every covered entity needs …
HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, has been around for a while now, and its rules have evolved quite a bit since it was first enacted in 1996. Let’s take a casual stroll through the changes and how they’ve shaped the way we handle healthcare data. When HIPAA first rolled out, its main …
Per Hipaa regulations, the nurse depicted in this illustration is shredding papers to ensure that PHI (protected health information) is not compromised. The nurse is seated in a typical medical office setting and is shredding papers from folders that are marked ‘Confidential’ which implies that they contain protected health information.
