The AAFP has provided an online gui...

The AAFP has provided an online guide for physicians who are unsure whether they will be compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) security domination by the April 21, 2005 deadline. The security portion of HIPAA focuses in succession safeguarding protected health information that is created, maintained, or transmitted electronically. The resource, "The HIPAA Security direction Manual: A How-To Guide for Your Medical Practice," was cause to growed to help small medical practices out and out the compliancy task. The 138-page manual includes a step-by-step security risk analysis, standard policies, procedures, and forms, which can be customized. It is available to download, in PDF or topic formats, from http://members.aafp.org/members/cgi-bin/hipaa_security.pl for $50

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