Question

You belong to a fitness club. As part of your online sign-up paperwork, they asked you if you had any medical conditions. You selected listed “asthma” from a list of conditions. Three months later you learn that their computer system was hacked and all their files were compromised. Is HIPAA implicated in this situation. Why or why not? Be specific

Answer 1

HIPAA (means health insurance poate portability and accountability act of 1996) is us legislation that outlines data pulvary and security legislations for safe guarding the medical information. The three major predominant goals are one of which was to standardize of regulation of electronic data transmission while protecting the security and privacy of patient health information. their Many health clubs in us offer health and wellness programmes some of which may involve collecting health outcomes con) collaborating with medical community. some clubs that might be operating certain types of programs may need to consider whether telpa A applies to club. whether or not a club weeds to be hipan depends on : who the club serres what kind of data collected How data is stored. if a club partners with a hospital system system can provides network and you share information about clients electronically them HIPAA can be implicated. if club doesnt share information then tupat cant be implicated

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