Unit 6 Lesson 4: Privacy and Security in Healthcare

Question 1

In 1996, the United States Congress enacted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Answer 1

a law designed to protect the privacy and security of patients’ health information.

Question 2

There are two main ways that patient records can be kept private and secure:

Answer 2

institutional policies and procedures to govern how employees interact with records and technological safeguards that keep records from being hacked or accidentally disclosed.