Question

What are the critical components of the Health Information and Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act)?

Answer 1

the critical components of the Health Information and Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) are following

1. enforcement:

In this if patient's information discloses without patient's permission so that is  breach notification rule civil right office in USA department & health services has enforcement power against this rule

2.inspection

federal regulators of both their business associate and health organisation give funding to HITECH for periodic audit.

3.tougher fines:

in health care organisation penalties impose against it as well as organisation

4.accountability

from electronic health care system individual can request that healthcare can account all his disclosure.it includes patient information related to payment, operation & treatment

5.copies of records..always there is electronic health record that keeps all patient health records so its patients right can take all copies of records that contains whole information of patient related to treatment

6.business associates:

now apply directly penalties ,securities & HIPAA privacy to the business associates e.g health information exchange & banks etc as we know all are health organisation.