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| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) |
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| A law created in 1996 to provide a standard set of rules that all covered entities must follow to protect patient health information and to help healthcare providers transition from paper to electronic health records. |
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| A business that receives healthcare information and translates that information into a standardized format to be sent to a health plan provider. Healthcare clearinghouse is sometimes called a billing service. Basically, a healthcare clearinghouse is a middle person processes healthcare information. |
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| HIPPA mandated a standard format for electronic claims transactions. This standard was updated with the functional needs of the healthcare industry. |
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| HIPPA mandated a standard format for electronic provider and diagnostic codes. The current standard has limitations that restrict the full use of EMR/EHR software. |
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| HIPPA mandated a standard electronic format for providers and diagnostic codes. The new standard is intended to grow with the functional needs of the healthcare industry. |
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| Electronic Protected Health Information (e-PHI) |
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| Hippa protects the electronic information that can be used to identify an individual. e-PHI is information created, used, or disclosed about a patient while providing healthcare. |
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| The goals of meaningful use are to help healthcare providers know more about their patients, make better decisions and save money by using HIT in a meaningful way. |
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| Hospitals or professionals participating in incentive programs must meet a meaningful use criteria to be eligible to receive incentive money. |
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| Researchers need access to health records to analyze data. For this reason a public health record is made available for the collection of public health data in an anonymous manner. |
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| A health record created and maintained by an individual. Sometimes called a personal health record. |
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| Health organizations must retain a health record of patients for use by the patient or legal services. |
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| A contract used to protect healthcare entities from being inappropriately responsible or sued for harm or debt |
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| Business associate agreement (BAA) |
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| A contract used between healthcare entities and third parties to establish a mutual understanding of safeguards of e-PHI. |
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| Service-level Agreement (SLA) |
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| Contracts used between healthcare entities and third parties to establish how e-PHI is shared and used. An SLA also establishes expectations of service provided. |
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| Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) |
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| Contracts are sometimes necessary within an organization between departments or personnel for mutual understanding of the safeguards of e-PHI |
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