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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) required the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop regulations protecting the privacy and security of certain health information. Since then, with the changing environment of the medical system, changes and additions have been made to the original Act.
With the evolution of technologies involved in the medical community, new rules have emerged to cover those means of communicating with patients. Research continues, leading to the Common Rule covering privacy and security of patients who participate in research. Public safety has been addressed with changes in the reporting to governmental agencies of those persons who should not be allowed to purchase firearms due to mental illness. Most recently, the opioid epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic have forced changes to the HIPAA compliance.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) required the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop regulations protecting the privacy and security of certain health information. Since then, with the changing environment of the medical system, changes and additions have been made to the original Act.
With the evolution of technologies involved in the medical community, new rules have emerged to cover those means of communicating with patients. Research continues, leading to the Common Rule covering privacy and security of patients who participate in research. Public safety has been addressed with changes in the reporting to governmental agencies of those persons who should not be allowed to purchase firearms due to mental illness. Most recently, the opioid epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic have forced changes to the HIPPA compliance.