HIPAA and the HITECH Act: HHS proposed guidance offers framework for securing PHI
Briefings on HIPAA, July 1, 2009
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The HITECH Act has raised many questions because of yet-to-be-published regulations. HHS answered one such question in its guidance on technologies and methodologies that render PHI unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable to unauthorized individuals.
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