HHS Secretary Delegates to ONC Head New HITECH Act Authority
Effective August 7, 2009, and published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, August 18, 2009, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius of the...
HHS Secretary Sebelius Delegates Oversight and Enforcement of HIPAA Security Rule to OCR
Aug 4, 2009
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has delegated oversight and enforcement of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security...
FTC Delays “Red Flags” Rule for Third Time
Jul 29, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission announced a third delay, from August 1, 2009, to November 1, 2009, for compliance with the...
Transmission Security Encryption: What to Do and How to Do It
Jul 14, 2009
In our series on the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule, this is the second of two implementation specifications for the...
Transmission Security Integrity Controls: What to Do and How to Do It
Jul 13, 2009
In our series on the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule, this is the first implementation specification for the Technical Safeguard...
Transmission Security: What This HIPAA Security Rule Technical Safeguard Standard Means
Jul 10, 2009
This is the fifth and last Technical Safeguard Standard of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule. It has two implementation...
Person or Entity Authentication: What to Do and How to Do It
Jul 9, 2009
In our series on the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule, this is the fourth Technical Safeguard Standard. There is not...
Person or Entity Authentication: What This HIPAA Security Rule Technical Safeguard Standard Means
Jul 8, 2009
This is the fourth Technical Safeguard Standard of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule. There is not a separately described...
Accountability Key Privacy/Security Principle of Meaningful Use 2011 Objectives
Jul 6, 2009
On December 15, 2008, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of the U.S. Department of Health...
Safeguards Key Privacy/Security Principle of Meaningful Use 2011 Objectives
Jul 3, 2009
On December 15, 2008, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of the U.S. Department of Health...