In the United States, medical and insurance companies are bracing for a key deadline involving the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which aims to protect the privacy of health records, among other things.
For example, in the US medical and insurance companies are bracing themselves for a key deadline involving the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which aims to protect the privacy of health records, among other things.
Legislation that's passed in the last two years - Sarbanes-Oxley, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and California's Security Breach Information Act - is forcing companies to meet minimum levels of security for their...
The rising cost of health care in the US, along with new legislative initiatives such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, are prompting hospitals and others to try to automate more of their systems.
The tougher stance answered many critics' calls for legislating responsible security measures for businesses, in much the same way that the Graham-Leech-Bliley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) set data...
On the face of it, there seems to be little for the security industry in Sarbanes-Oxley, which aims to make corporate accounting more transparent, or in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which deals with health care...