HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This act establishes national standards for electronic health care transactions. Technical safeguards include:
Access control
Audit controls
Integrity
Person or entity authentication
Transmission security
Technical safeguard Measures includes device data encryption, anti-malware software, and communications encryption
Technical safeguards refer to the technology, policy and procedures for its use which protect electronic protected health information and prevent unauthorized access to it.
It is important that a covered entity must use any of the standard security measures that allow it to appropriately and reasonably implement the required standard for protection.
In addition, a covered entity must determine which of the standard security measures and particular technologies are appropriate and reasonable.
To lessen the risk of security threat and breaches, the HIPAAs rule states 5 technical safeguard in protecting electronic patient health information. They are:
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