Card technology in healthcare: HIPAA and beyond
This article is reprinted with the permission of the Smart Card Alliance
As more and more protected health care information is stored or transmitted electronically and becomes network accessible, health care organizations have become increasingly concerned with controlling access to that information. HIPAA requires all health care organizations that create or maintain electronic health care information to secure the information from any use or disclosure, intentional or unintentional, that violates the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.
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