title: Countdown to compliance: privacy.
abstract: How far along the road to compliance with the HIPAA privacy regulation is your organization? This article tells you the steps you should be taking to get in compliance by the April 2003 deadline.
authors.affiliation: Enterprise Security and HIPPA Compliance, Beacon Partners, Inc., USA. smuhammad@beaconpartners.com
authors.forename: Sybil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ingram-Muhammad
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D004496:Education, Continuing; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019451:Information Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States