title: HIPAA security standards: is your facility ready?
abstract: Now that final rules are emerging related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, it's more important than ever to make sure your facility's data security standards measure up. The best advice? 'Forget HIPAA for the moment and look at what you have in place,' says William Spooner, senior vice president and chief information officer for Sharp Healthcare in San Diego.
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012308:Risk Management; D012637:Security Measures; D014481:United States