HIPAA Compliance
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by Congress in order to standardize and simplify healthcare administrative processes. The components of an overall compliance include implementing non-intimidating and easy reporting system, training users of information systems to recognize suspicious incidences, having hospital staff follows through with the investigations and report back findings to the user.According to Intronis (2013), the privacy of patients is a major topic of concern as the technology continues to evolve. Since the majority of patient’s informationis transferred in digital format, healthcare Information Technology (IT) realizes that they are exposed to some risks. ...
