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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Fully Complete Title: New York State Hospital readiness to implement certain patient privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Abstract: This study examined New York State Hospital Readiness to Implement the Standards for Privacy of Individually-Identifiable Health Information; Final Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, P, L. 104-191. The final rules took effect on April 14, 2001. Covered entities had two years to implement the rules, (Small entities were given three years to implement the rules). The final rules required appointment of a privacy officer in each covered entity as well as training of all staff members who worked with such information. Policies and procedures were to be revised and audit mechanisms were to be established. In addition, sanctions were to be established for policy violations. |
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