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This digital document is an article from Behavioral Health Management, published by Medquest Communications, LLC on November 1, 2004. The length of the article is 2232 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: Here comes the latest HIPAA deadline: the security standards outline what is to be done--but not how to do it.
Author: Joseph P. Naughton-Travers
Publication: Behavioral Health Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2004
Publisher: Medquest Communications, LLC
Volume: 24 Issue: 6 Page: 53(5)Distributed by Thompson Gale

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Many organizations thought they had finished dealing with HIPAA compliance when they met the deadlines for the Privacy Rule and the transaction and code sets in 2003. They had spent a great deal of time writing policies and procedures, training staff, and issuing notices of privacy practices to consumers and families. Yet there's still more to do--namely, meeting the upcoming deadline for compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule. The security standards are essentially the "other half" of protecting the confidentiality of health information that is stored electronically. Entities required to comply with these standards include all health plans, clearinghouses, healthcare providers, and system vendors. The final rule for the security standards was published on February 20, 2003, and the...