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HIPAA Compliance in the OR
Author(s) -
Allender Michelle
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61719-5
Subject(s) - health insurance portability and accountability act , confidentiality , accreditation , business , protected health information , health care , masking (illustration) , commission , accountability , compliance (psychology) , information management , software portability , information security , internet privacy , computer security , hrhis , medicine , computer science , knowledge management , health policy , political science , art , social psychology , psychology , finance , law , visual arts , medical education , programming language
Many current information management practices in the OR will have to change to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and meet Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations standards for managing health care information. Demands for accurate, timely, confidential, and secure data make an integrated automated system for information management imperative. Delivering health care in today's OR environment results in enormous amounts of data. Caregivers must transform this data into useable information, while protecting patient privacy, confidentiality, and the security of health care information. AORN J 75 (Jan 2002) 121–125.