HHS fact sheet on Aug. 2002 privacy
modifications
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/20020809.html
How much do you know about HIPAA? Take
the
quiz
from consulting firm RDA. Also, great articles, case studies, HIPAA news and
more.
http://hipaa.rdacorp.com
Myth vs. reality Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) guidance
materials help clarify new federal privacy protections and explain key
provisions of the medical privacy regulation for medical records and
other personal health information, which health care providers and health
plans must comply with by April 14, 2003.
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2001pres/20010706a.html
HHS Fact Sheet on Final Privacy Rule.
The final regulation covers health plans, health care clearinghouses, and
those health care providers who conduct certain financial and administrative
transactions (e.g., electronic billing and funds transfers) electronically.
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/final/pvcfact2.htm
Official HHS
press release on HIPAA Privacy Rule.
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2001pres/20010412.html
HIPAA Privacy & Compliance made
simple: ArticSoft provide low cost, simple to use, government strength encryption and
digital signature products that protect patient records, health information,
or any type of file, document, folder, disk, web form, email, instant message
to the strength needed to comply with the HIPAA privacy rule. Allows you to
communicate securely with business associates regardless of the applications
you or they are using. Be up and running with full strength PKI solutions in
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Installation is a simple matter of pressing the “Install button." Once the
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for and press the “Secure” button. Website includes free product trials, free
reader software and extensive security education center.
http://www.articsoft.com/
Be in the know!
Subscribe to HIPAA-REGS listserv and be notified by e-mail whenever documents
or events related to HIPAA are published or posted. To subscribe, send an
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Leave the subject line of the e-mail blank. Type the following into the first
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Electronic transaction
standards
adopted under HIPAA
http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/faqtx.htm
Read the
exact text of any HIPAA-related pending legislation
in this
Congressional database.
http://thomas.loc.gov
"HIPAA
Regulation Compliance on the Heels of y2k"--Experior
Corporation White Paper.
http://www.olcsoft.com/wphcexpr.htm
Official
text on administrative simplification
from the Department of Health
and Human Services
http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/pl104191.htm
Code set standards
adopted under HIPAA
http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/faqcode.htm
HIPAA
supersite from consulting firm Beacon Partners, includes news,
timelines and legal info.
http://www.hipaacomply.com
"Security
and Health Care Enterprise Networks: Balancing Technology and Culture"--
Cisco Systems White Paper
http://cisco.com/warp/public/cc/so/veso/health/shcen_wi.htm
HIPAA supersite from Siemens (formerly
SMS), includes interesting "Fast Facts" page
http://www.smed.com/hipaa
"Guidelines
for the Clinical Use of Electronic Mail with Patients"
http://www.amia.org/pubs/other/email_guidelines.html
Workgroup
for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) website contains HIPAA
glossary and draft guidelines from the October 1999 HIPAA Security Summit
http://www.wedi.org
Official web site of the Forum on Privacy and
Security in Healthcare (FPSH), an industry consortium for policy
and technology implementation issues in the privacy and security of healthcare
information. Includes archive of past newsletters and meeting notes.
http://www.healthcaresecurity.org
