HIPAA
Patient records law
HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a 1996 U.S. federal law governing medical information privacy.
It restricts how healthcare providers, insurers, and their associates can use and share patient data.
HIPAA violations are a common concern when discussing medical records: I can't tell you that—it's a HIPAA violation.
The law also protects employees who change jobs from losing health coverage due to preexisting conditions.
Quality of protecting secrets
- patient rightsLegal protections for care recipients
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- PHIIdentifiable health data
authorization · privacy notice · de-identification · personal representative · opt-out · redaction
Formal accounts examination
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- policiesAdopted courses of action
procedures · enforcement · documentation · assessment · accreditation · oversight · governance · adherence
Able to wait calmly
- providerOne who furnishes things
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
- medical recordsDocumented patient health history
insurance · Medicare · Medicaid · health plan · clearinghouse · pharmacy · physician · treatment
Converting data into code
- firewallNetwork access control system
- access controlRestricting resource availability selectively
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- data integrityReliability of stored information
risk assessment · audit trail · password management · contingency plan · security officer
confidentiality
Quality of protecting secrets
- patient rightsLegal protections for care recipients
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- disclosureAct of revealing information
PHI · authorization · privacy notice · de-identification · personal representative · opt-out · redaction
audit
Formal accounts examination
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
policies · procedures · enforcement · documentation · assessment · accreditation · oversight · governance · adherence · requirements
patient
Able to wait calmly
- providerOne who furnishes things
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
medical records · insurance · Medicare · Medicaid · health plan · clearinghouse · pharmacy · physician · treatment · diagnosis
encryption
Converting data into code
- firewallNetwork access control system
- access controlRestricting resource availability selectively
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
data integrity · risk assessment · audit trail · password management · contingency plan · security officer
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- secrecysecrecy, secret, secrets, confidential, classified
- lawslaws, statute, ordinance, acts, statutes
- privacyprivacy, private, seclusion, confidentiality, solitude
- data privacydata privacy, GDPR, personal data, data protection, de-identification
- complianceaudit, obeying, policy, compliance officer, regulation
HIPAApublic disclosure
Revealing information openly
data breach · doxxing · privacy violation · exposure · data leak
HIPAAdata harvesting
HIPAAFOIA
Federal transparency statute
sunshine laws · mandatory reporting · government transparency · right to know
- HIPAA complianceMedical records protection law
- HIPAA violationIllegal health information disclosure
- HIPAA formMedical data consent document