Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIPAA Compliant means that WordSecure meets the standards for Protected Health Information as set forth in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
President Obama signed into law the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act on February 17, 2009,
a key provision of which is the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)
The HITECH Act appropriates $19.2 billion to encourage healthcare
organizations to adopt and utilize Electronic Health Records (EHR),
establish regional health information exchange networks, and ensure that systems protect patient privacy to standards provided for in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
The Congressional Budget Office predicts that 90% of
physicians and 70% of hospitals will be using comprehensive
Electronic Health Records (EHR) in the next decade. This can save our nation’s healthcare system billions of dollars and improve patient care.
HITECH Act:
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
Text of HITECH
The HITECH Act requires the secretary of HHS to issue guidance specifying the technologies and methodologies that render protected health information “unusable, unreadable or indecipherable” to unauthorized persons. Encryption is an acceptable compliant-appropriate methodology.
WordSecure meets current encyption guidelines compliant with HIPAA standards.
