A proposal to revamp the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules does a good job of hammering home the message that business associates and their subcontractors must comply with the updated rules, security experts say.
Patients would get stronger rights to obtain their health information and restrict who can access and use it under a proposal to revamp the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules.
The nation's healthcare information exchanges must focus on privacy and security as they develop new functions and features, says Irene Koch, executive director of the Brooklyn Health Information Exchange.
Federal regulators have unveiled major proposed revisions to the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules that were due more than four months ago.
A 234-page proposal to significantly update the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules is designed to ensure that patients' rights are protected as more health records are digitized and exchanged.
Those involved in forming health information exchanges recently got yet another reminder that they had better pay serious attention to privacy and security.
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