Title: Explain the HIPAA Privacy Rule as it relates to safeguarding the privacy of individually identifiable health information.
Course: Medical Administration (14153-18) > Section: Identifying Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare Practices

Explanation should include

- definition of HIPAA, security, confidentiality, privacy, encryption, informed consent
- primary purposes (i.e., privacy of health information, security of electronic records, administrative simplification, insurance portability)
- entities that must comply with HIPAA
- office policy and procedures relating to the release of medical information, including subpoena duces tecum of records
- laws governing release and retention of records.