Handbook for HIPAA Security Implementation [with CD-ROM]

by Margret K. Amatayakul, Steven S. Lazarus, Tom Walsh

The "Handbook for HIPAA Security Implementation" gives readers an overview of the HIPAA Security Rule and familiarizes them with the basics of security requirements and documentation. It provides guidance in analyzing security risks in the medical office practice and features a wealth of tools to evaluate and establish physical, administrative and technological safeguards. It also includes an implementation timeline, budget considerations, and other potential resources for readers to use during the Security Rule implementation process, and it addresses the special security challenges for the electronic medical record.

216 pages, Spiral-bound

First published October 1, 2003

About the author

Margret Amatayakul is Adjunct Faculty, Healthcare Informatics and Information Management at the College of St. Scholastica (Schaumburg, IL).
http://www.uphi.umn.edu/about/faculty...