Office for Civil Rights - HIPAAThe HIPAA Privacy Rule and Health Information Technology (HIT)OCR has published new HIPAA Privacy Rule guidance documents as part of a Privacy and Security Toolkit to implement The Nationwide Privacy and Security Framework for Electronic Exchange of Individually Identifiable Health Information (Privacy and Security Framework). These new guidance documents discuss how the Privacy Rule can facilitate the electronic exchange of health information.
For more information on the Privacy and Security Framework and to view other documents in the Privacy and Security Toolkit, as well as other health information technology resources, visit http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/privacy/framework.html. Last revised: December 15, 2008 |