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Guide to Medical Privacy and HIPAAby D'Arcy Guerin Gue and Steve Fox, Esq.Order NowThe new, authoritative 500-page Guide to Medical Privacy and HIPAA has been developed specifically to help healthcare facilities comply with the complex new EDI standardization, privacy and security requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Over six months in development, and published in February, 2002, the Guide analyzes these unprecedented new federal provisions on privacy, electronic transaction and security standards and explains the applicability of key elements, such as transactions and code sets administrative simplification, "minimum use" disclosure, "business associate" relationships, "individually identifiable" information, "consents and authorizations," required administrative, physical and technical security measures, and much more. The Guide also spells out real-world strategies for achieving compliance, from assembling a HIPAA team… to raising HIPAA awareness…to conducting enterprise-wide HIPAA impact and risk analyses…to developing a remediation plan and budget…to developing policies and procedures…to achieving cultural and behavioral changes within your organization. Checklists, outlines, model presentations, and other resource documents are provided in the Guide to facilitate your compliance process. Bonus! Updates and monthly news bulletins to the Guide will provide news and analysis of new HIPAA regulations, emerging HIPAA issues and enforcement actions, compliance deadlines, along with proven strategies and educational interviews with industry experts. Here's What You Get:
The Journal of the American Medical Association says that "[The] Guide to Medical Privacy and HIPAA ... is a dynamic tool for anyone from health care administrator to physician to medical records professional... ." Read the full review (PDF). Add it all up: The new Guide to Medical Privacy & HIPAA is a spin-free, one-of-a-kind resource you can count on for a complete, unbiased look at the new requirements. No advertisements - it's exclusively for health care professionals, and it's the most in-depth publication available. Table of Contents (Overview)¶100 - HIPAA Overview See the complete table of contents. The Authors:D'Arcy Guerin Gue is Executive Vice President with Phoenix Health Systems, Inc., a firm expert in HIPAA compliance, strategic planning, procurement, implementation and integration of state-of-the-art health care information technology. Ms. Gue currently leads industry education and communications services at Phoenix, with an emphasis on HIPAA, health care information privacy and security, and e-health. She manages the firm's Web resources including HIPAAdvisory.com, HIPAAlert, HIPAAlive and HIPAAnotes, along with its industry audio education programs, and is a senior member of the Phoenix HIPAA Solutions Team. Formerly, Ms. Gue held senior positions with The John Joseph Group Inc., and AON Corp. She is a member of the American Health Information Management Association and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Steven J. Fox is a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP and leads their health care informatics initiative. He assists clients with legal issues and strategic counseling involving technology, e-commerce and health care information. Before joining Pepper Hamilton, Mr. Fox was chairman of the Information Systems/E-Commerce Practice Group at Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver. Mr. Fox is a prolific author and speaker on issues involving technology and health care information. Mr. Fox is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law. Subscription Price: Regularly $347, order now for the special introductory price of $313.* Includes one-year subscription to Guide to Medical Privacy & HIPAA - including a risk-free 30-day examination. Order Now* price does not apply to renewals. |
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