Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)
The Enacted as part of the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the HITECH Act, among other objectives, further
addresses privacy and security issues involving PHI as defined by HIPAA. The
HITECH privacy provisions include the introduction of categories of violations
based on culpability that, in turn, are tied to tiered ranges of civil monetary
penalties. Its most noteworthy elements
elaborate upon breach notifications resulting from the use or disclosure of
information that compromises its security or privacy.
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