| Subject: | New OCR Guidance on the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the Electronic Exchange of Health Information |
| Category: | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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| Published: | Wed, 17 Dec 2008 - 11:00 am |
| The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has published new HIPAA Privacy Rule guidance (as part of the Department's Privacy and Security Toolkit) to implement The Nationwide Privacy and Security Framework for Electronic Exchange of Individually Identifiable Health Information (Privacy and Security Framework). The Privacy and Security Framework and Toolkit is designed to establish privacy and security principles for health care stakeholders... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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