Question

What are the HIPAA rules that cover electronic data and what do they try to accomplish?

Answer 1

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) required the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop regulations protecting the privacy and security of certain health information.

The rules of HIPAA include

1.privacy rule

2.security rule

3.Breach notification rule

4.Transaction and codeset rule.

5.Amnibus rule.

● The Privacy Rule, which sets national standards for when protected health information (PHI) may
be used and disclosed. Mainly privacy rule is covered by,

*Health plan

*Health care clearing house

*Health care providers that conduct standard transaction in electronic form that involves PHI.
● The Security Rule, which specifies safeguards that covered entities and their business associates
must implement to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected
health information (ePHI). 3 components of security rule are ,

*Administrative safeguards.

*physical safeguards.

* Technical safeguards.
● The Breach Notification Rule, which requires covered entities to notify affected individuals; U.S.
Department of Health & Human Services (HHS); and, in some cases, the media of a breach of unsecured PHI.

The main goal or what the want to accomplish is given below through images.