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HIPAA : a short- and long-term perspective for health care /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Doscher, Michael
Corporate Author: American Medical Association
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Chicago] : AMA Press, 2002.
Subjects:
United States. > Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
Insurance, Health > legislation & jurisprudence > United States.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Information Systems.
Confidentiality.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Transactions : benefits, impacts and information technology investments
  • Standard identifiers
  • Benefits and return on investment
  • Security
  • Privacy
  • HIPAA assessments : best practices and key compliance challenges
  • Resources
  • Training and ongoing employee education
  • Road to implementation
  • Into the future
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. HIPAA acronyms
  • Appendix B. HIPAA web sites
  • Appendix C. Model trading partner agreements
  • Appendix D. Model business associate agreements
  • Appendix E. Model requests for assessment
  • Appendix F. The healthcare privacy project's HIPAA myths and facts
  • Appendix G. HIPAA definition of terms.