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Creating Software Specifications and Wireframes Developing a healthcare application is creating specification documents and wireframes that product users will love. Functional specifications documents aim to inform developers what, how, and why they have to build. Make sure your software is HIPAA compliant before you release it.
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 placed a number of requirements on HIPAA-covered entities to safeguard the Protected Health Information (PHI) of patients, and to strictly control when PHI can be divulged, and to whom. What Constitutes a HIPAA Violation? A violation may be deliberate or unintentional.
1] The Proposed Rule applies to HIPAA-regulated entities, including Covered Entities such as health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, most healthcare providers, and their BusinessAssociates. It also affects the relationship between a Covered Entity and its BusinessAssociate by imposing additional requirements.
Covered entities include health insurance companies, health plans, healthcare programs by the government, healthcare providers, and healthcare clearinghouses. BusinessAssociates (BA): These handle ePHI obtained from the covered entities, but don’t create medical data. More: HIPAA-compliant web hosting servers 4.
State Attorneys General can also impose financial penalties on HIPAA-covered entities and businessassociates for violations of the HIPAA Rules. Another increase is due to be applied on January 15, 2025, but will likely be applied much later. Alternatively, financial penalties can be imposed if a breach of ePHI violates state laws.
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HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) rules and regulations ensure that ePHI (Protected Health Information) is safe and secure from potential hackers. These regulations mandate the BA (BusinessAssociates) and CE (Covered Entities) to maintain the privacy and security of ePHI.
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They store protected health information (PHI), and aid providers in documentation process. An EMR API integration involves linking in-house EMR to third-party services such as insurance management, billing portals, appointment booking platforms and more. To reduce data entry errors which are crucial for patient documentation.
For example, staff members who handle billing need insurance information, but not detailed clinical notes. External access should be granted only on a need-to-know basis, with permissions documented and reviewed regularly. Document and review any security incidents to ensure corrective actions were taken.
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