Question

please described the knowledge of HIPA in privacy and security for perfect health information.

Answer 1

Ans) With respect to health information,

Privacy is defined as the right of an individual to keep his/her individual health information from being disclosed.

- The HIPAA Privacy Rule applies to all protected health information.

- Security is defined as the mechanism in place to protect the privacy of health information.

- The HIPAA Privacy Rule for the first time creates national standards to protect individuals' medical records and other personal health information. It gives patients more control over their health information. It sets boundaries on the use and release of health records.

- The Security Rule protects a subset of information covered by the Privacy Rule, which is all individually identifiable health information a covered entity creates, receives, maintains or transmits in electronic form. The Security Rule calls this information “electronic protected health information” (e-PHI).