HIPAA
HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. A major component of HIPAA addresses the privacy of individuals' health information by establishing a nation-wide federal standard concerning the privacy of health information and how it can be used and disclosed. The federal standard will generally preempt all state privacy laws except for those that establish stronger protections. The HIPAA privacy laws are effective April 14, 2003.
The following School of Medicine website is the HIPAA Project Update with links to the following:
- Training
- Privacy Guidance
- Resources/Links
- Definitions
- Existing Research
- Introduction to HIPAA
- HIPAA and Research
http://med.stanford.edu/HIPAA/
