Política de privacidad del paciente

los HIPAA Privacy Rule provides federal protections for personal health information held by covered entities and gives patients an array of rights with respect to that information. Al mismo tiempo, the Privacy Rule is balanced so that it permits the disclosure of personal health information needed for patient care and other important purposes.

The Security Rule specifies a series of administrative, physical, and technical safeguardsfor covered entities to use to assure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information.