Privacy And Security Of Health Data
The Maine Division of Well being and Human Services (the Department”) takes the safety of well being data very severely. DHHS has a Director of Healthcare Privateness who serves as our Division’s Privacy Officer, and our places of work have Privacy and Safety Officials or Privacy Liaisons who work to follow state and federal healthcare privacy legal guidelines, together with the Well being Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA. HIPAA has many purposes, however partially, it tells us how we will use and share protected health information, and the safeguards that are required to maintain that info secure. HIPAA doesn’t apply to all of our offices or applications, however when it does, we’re required to comply with it. There are steep penalties for failing to adjust to the law.
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