| Subject: | HIPAA Security Standards Deadline is Here |
| Category: | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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| Published: | Wed, 20 Apr 2005 - 10:00 am |
| The HIPAA Security Standards Deadline has arrived (April 20, 2005). Healthcare organizations must have security measures in place that encompass the administrative, physical and technical safeguards of protecting personal health information. Physical safeguards are physical measures, policies, and procedures to protect a covered entity's electronic information systems and related buildings and equipment, from natural and environmental hazards, and unauthorized intrusion. Technical safeguards... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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