HIPAA Security Rule

With so many health organizations turning to electronic transfer and receiving of individual health information, certain rules must be in place to ensure health information is kept confidential. In the article “Summary of the HIPAA Security Rule” defines the different roles that the rule covers. Here are some examples of what the HIPAA security rule covers: administrative safeguards, physical and technical safeguards, policies and procedure requirements and much more.

In the administrative safeguards proper personal is put in place to ensure management and employees are trained properly on HIPAA, and provide limited access on patient information in the workplace. In the physical and technical safeguards certain controls are available among