These categories include hospitals, clinics, doctors, and others who create, receive, or transmit PHI. Individually identifiable information that relates to someone's past, present, or future:Ī covered entity is a health plan, health care clearinghouse, or health care provider. This may also extend to companies that work with these businesses and come into contact with PHI on their behalf. Organizations like hospitals, doctors' offices, and dental practices, as well as individuals who interact with protected health information (PHI) may be subject to HIPAA/HITECH.
These laws aim to encourage the proliferation of technology in the health care industry, while building protections for the security and privacy of health information. HIPAA/HITECH refers to two laws: the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (2009).
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