They're real and they're here: the new federally regulated privacy rules under HIPAA...this article originally appeared in MEDSURG Nursing, 12(6), 380-385, 414 and is reprinted here with permission of the publisher

The purpose of the HIPAA Privacy Rules was to create national standards to protect the privacy of personal health information. As of April 14, 2003, all covered health care entities must comply with the newly implemented national standards. The importance of staying updated with the law, while parti...

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Published in:Urologic Nursing Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 14 - 22
Main Author: Frank-Stromborg M
Format: CEU questions and answers tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Society of Urologic Nurses & Associates, Inc. Feb2004
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost