Telemedicine 101

Privacy and HIPAA Links

• Final HIPAA Rule
  The final HIPAA security rule passed February 20, 2003.
• Health Information Privacy Protection: Crisis or Common Sense?
  Author/editor: Joanne K. Kumekawa, BA, MBA
  Date: September 30, 2001
  From Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, this paper briefly touches upon new sweeping federal privacy standards mandated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The article outlines who and what is covered under the new rules, considers how practitioners can approach compliance with common sense, addresses concerns related to risk management, discusses consumer health privacy issues, and notes the difficulty of evaluating these rules and regulations. The article also looks at some unique privacy issues facing telemedicine and telehealth practitioners.
• HHS Issues Final Privacy Rule
  Author/editor: not listed
  Date: not listed
  From Arent Fox E-Health News and Alerts, President Clinton announced on December 20, 2000 a sweeping new federal regulation designed to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information contained in a patient’s medical record.
• Office for Civil Rights: HIPAA
  Posted on the Department of Health and Human Services Web site in October 2002, this site offers an FAQ about HIPAA, as well as the complete text for the privacy rule.

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