HIPAA

Abbreviation Safety and Compliance

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996: its Privacy and Security Rules govern how patient information is used, shared and safeguarded.

Sources

• 45 CFR 160.103 Definitions (protected health information, individually identifiable health information, workforce) · U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo), Code of Federal Regulations
• Fundamentals of Nursing, Chapter 9 Key Terms · OpenStax

Related terms

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• HBVHepatitis B virus: spread by blood and body fluids and attacks the liver. OSHA has employers offer at-risk…
• HCVHepatitis C virus: a bloodborne virus that infects the liver; named with HIV and HBV in the Needlestick…
• HIVHuman immunodeficiency virus: the bloodborne virus that causes AIDS; one of the three viruses named in the…
• IUInternational unit. On The Joint Commission Do Not Use list: it can be misread as IV or 10. Write…
• MIMyocardial infarction (heart attack): heart muscle damaged by blocked blood flow. Suspected heart attack…
• MRSAMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: staph bacteria resistant to many antibiotics; they spread by…

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