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The Definition of Electronic Health Record

May 10, 2009 Health IT and HITECH No Comments

This posting is one of several that outline the HITECH privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO. Here, we reproduce the definitions that appear in Subtitle D—Privacy, Section 13400. Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional Record—House, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards.

HIPAA Privacy Definitions:

Breach
Business Associate
Covered Entity
Disclosure
Electronic Health Record
Health Care Operations
Health Care Provider
Health Plan
National Coordinator
Payment
Personal Health Record
Protected Health Information
Secretary
Security
State
Treatment
Use
Vendor Of Personal Health Records

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD

The term ‘electronic health record’ means an electronic record of health-related information on an individual that is created, gathered, managed, and consulted by authorized health care clinicians and staff.

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