The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act was enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The HITECH Act imposes certain requirements on vendors of personal health records (and other related entities) in the event of certain security breaches relating to protected health information. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Gretchen Hellman explains the new HITECH Act compliance requirements, their implications and some best practices for meeting HITECH Act compliance.
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February 2009, President Obama signed the Health Information Technology
for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act as part of his overall
economic stimulus plan. The HITECH Act continues the effort of the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to
encourage movement to…