Database Security Challenges with Regards to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Paul T. MacDonald University of Maryland University College DBST670 Fall 2013 Professor Jon McKeeby Abstract With the expansion of healthcare administration now further into more levels of federal and state governments, the amount of sensitive patient data has increased incrementally This data is moved from within and without of all stages of the healthcare process. From
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certain standards which include ethical compliance as a top priority of concern. Ethical compliance in a Healthcare field has many great benefits to offer both the Healthcare provider, and patient. A Hospital, for example, can receive government funding by requiring certain standards of ethical compliance being met by the Hospital staff as well as contractors or vendors which are also associated with the Healthcare
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Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), is a law within health care or human service organizations that prohibits group health plans and other organizations from discriminating against people because of factors relating to their health. These factors include but are not limited to: physical or mental conditions, medical history, past claims, prior health care received, and information pertaining to a person's genetics. The objective of the HIPAA regulation in 1996 was to protect a person's
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(ePHI) and safeguarding sensitive patient data. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) focuses on protecting ePHI with guidelines to ensure organizations have implemented “reasonable and appropriate” security measures to adhere to HIPAA rules and maintain patient confidentiality. HIPAA requires covered entities to conduct risk assessments to verify compliance and attempt to uncover areas where ePHI is at risk of compromise. This analysis of the iTrust database, as
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brief background and history on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Following the background will be details about issues that are address within the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The purpose of this paper is to provide a foundation with providing some information about HIPAA. Background The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by Congress in 1996 in response to several issues facing health care coverage
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1996, the Health Information Privacy and Accountability Act also known as HIPAA was passed. This was the first federal law regulating the privacy of health information. HIPAA was “designed primarily to modernize the flow of health information” (Solove, 2013). While at this time medical records were still in paper form, it was clear that health records would become digital in the future. (Solove, 2013). In the early years of HIPAA there was much confusion and no civil enforcement actions were taken. The
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Cloud Computing Regulatory compliance for the healthcare industry is a hot-button issue. The overriding compliance requirements that this industry faces are dictated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), enacted by Congress in 1996. HIPAA was designed to protect the privacy of patients’ medical records and restrict who has access to them. Regulatory compliance for the healthcare industry is a hot-button issue. The overriding compliance requirements that this industry
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Privacy Rules 3 critical areas of HIPAA for a training session of your staff Privacy Rules The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued the Privacy Rule to implement the requirement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). 1 The Privacy Rule standards address the use and disclosure of individuals’ health information—called “protected health information” by organizations subject to the Privacy Rule — called “covered entities,” as well
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Objectives of HIPAA Privacy Standards HIPAA privacy standards aims to achieve the following three important objectives: i) Administrative Safeguards HIPAA privacy rules designed procedures and policies regarding the administrative procedures of the act; how will the act be complied with. ii) Physical Safeguards HIPAA privacy rules were designed to control physical access to guard against inappropriate access to personal healthcare information. iii) Technical Safeguards HIPAA privacy
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portability and accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), law 104-191, enclosed administrative Simplification provisions that needed Department of Health and Human Services to adopt national standards for electronic health care transactions and code sets, distinctive health identifiers, and security. At the same time, Congress recognized that advances in electronic technology may erode the privacy of health data. Consequently, Congress incorporated into HIPAA provisions that mandated the adoption of Federal
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