NIST releases draft guide to implementing HIPAA security rule
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, May 12, 2008
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the draft publication SP 800-66 Rev1, “An Introductory Resource Guide for Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule,” on May 1.
The publication discusses security considerations and resources that covered entities may find valuable as they comply with the security rule. This included educating readers on security terms and concepts used and discussed in the security rule, according to the NIST Web site.
The publication is available on the NIST Web site. Comments will be accepted until June 13.
To view the publication, click here.
For more information or to comment on the publication, click here.
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