title: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: practice of dentistry in the United States: privacy and confidentiality.
abstract: This paper introduces the reader to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 legislation in the context of its relationship to the Electronic Oral Health Record (EOHR). Privacy and confidentiality issues for administrative data are addressed in terms of the broader relationship of such data to the EOHR leaving the HIPAA-defined administrative transactions and security issues for the entire practice for a subsequent presentation. Educational requirements are presented that aid the dentist and the practice staff in understanding the broad and long-term implications of the HIPAA legislation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine at the University of Washington School of Dentistry, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Chasteen
authors.forename: Gretchen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Arden
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forrey
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heid
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D039702:Current Procedural Terminology; D003729:Dental Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003792:Dental Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D030881:Disclosure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D006801:Humans; D007347:Insurance, Dental / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D033283:Patient Access to Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018907:Privacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States