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What is the Difference Between HIPAA and FERPA?
HIPAA and FERPA are both federal laws designed to protect the privacy and security of individuals. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) applies to the heal ...
December 16, 2019
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What is Considered a HIPAA Breach?
A HIPAA Breach is “an impermissible use or disclosure under the Privacy Rule that compromises the security or privacy of the protected health information,” according to the U.S. De ...
December 10, 2019
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What Is the HIPAA Security Rule?
The Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information, also known as the Security Rule, sets forth a national set of security standards to protect certain heal ...
December 3, 2019
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What is HIPAA?
Signed into law in 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) provides security provisions and data privacy for patients' health information safety. In more recent ...
November 18, 2019
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What is the HIPAA Privacy Rule?
The Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, known as the HIPAA Privacy Rule, established the first national standards for the protection of patient health info ...
November 11, 2019
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What Are the HIPAA Laws?
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enables the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create and publicize national standards reg ...
September 11, 2019
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What is the Difference between HIPAA and HiTrust?
The Health Insurance Portability and Availability Act (HIPAA) establishes a set of security controls that govern information security in the healthcare industry. Healthcare organizations and ...
March 25, 2019
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What is HITRUST CSF?
The non-profit, privately held company consisting of healthcare, technology, and information security leaders, Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), created the HITRUST Common Securit ...
March 25, 2019