HIPAA more>>
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), was enacted in 1996 and includes provisions intended to safeguard the privacy of patient health records. HIPAA is a significant piece of legislation with onerous penalties.
See page 16 of the
SUMMARY OF THE HIPAA PRIVACY RULE from the Department of Human Services in regards to specifically "securing records under lock and key... and limiting access.."
Data Safeguards: A covered entity must maintain reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to prevent intentional or unintentional use or disclosure of protected health information in violation of the Privacy Rule and to limit its incidental use and disclosure pursuant to otherwise permitted or required use
or disclosure. For example, such safeguards might include shredding documents containing protected health information before discarding them, securing medical records with lock and key or pass code, and limiting access to keys or pass codes. By barcoding the material and providing confidential and certified records destruction, confidentiality is maintained.
RELATED HIPAA NEWS
Warning: main(/carp/carp.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
/home/content/v/a/n/vanguardv/html/regulations.php on line
157
Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required '/carp/carp.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in
/home/content/v/a/n/vanguardv/html/regulations.php on line
157
