Published: May 2, 2011
Citation: Journal of AHIMA vol. 82, no. 5, (May 2011) pp. 44-46
Author(s)
Kevin Stine, Quynh Dang
Healthcare and health information technology professionals are entrusted with patient data which, because of its personal nature, requires protection to ensure its confidentiality. To provide this protection, these professionals frequently look to commonly accepted technologies and methodologies to safeguard this data while at rest and in transit. One technology capable of providing this type of protection is encryption.
Healthcare and health information technology professionals are entrusted with patient data which, because of its personal nature, requires protection to ensure its confidentiality. To provide this protection, these professionals frequently look to commonly accepted technologies and methodologies to...
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Healthcare and health information technology professionals are entrusted with patient data which, because of its personal nature, requires protection to ensure its confidentiality. To provide this protection, these professionals frequently look to commonly accepted technologies and methodologies to safeguard this data while at rest and in transit. One technology capable of providing this type of protection is encryption.
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Keywords
encryption; health information technology; HIPAA; HITECH Act
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