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Clearing House
- Entity that processes the processing of nonstandard electronic transactions into HIPAA transactions.
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Covered Entities
- Service organizations that are covered by HIPAA.
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Covered Transactions
- Types of electronic transactions for the transmission of healthcare information that are mandated under HIPAA regulations.
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De-identifying
- Removing descriptive information about the patient.
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Employer Identification Number
- Standard code number for electronic transmissions.
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Employer Identifier Standard
- Standard where healthcare employees must use universal identification number in order to prevent confusion between healthcare providers.
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
- Law that regulates the privacy of patient health information.
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Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB)
- National data bank that collects reports and disclosures of actions taken against healthcare practitioners, providers, and vendors for noncompliance and fraudulent activities.
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Healthcare plan
- A plan that provides or pays for medical care.
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HIPAA
- defined permission- Areas which permission must be granted in order to use or disclose patient health information.
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Medical informatics
- Application of communication to medical practice, research and education.
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Minimum necessary standard
- A minimum effort that a healthcare provider must make when attempting to limit disclosure of patient information.
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Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP)
- - Written statement which details the provider’s
- privacy practices.
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Office of Civil Rights (OCR)
- - Committee organized to regulate civil rights of citizens.
- Permission- Granted access to an action or to information.
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Privacy Rule
- Ensures the standardization of electronic patient health records, unique identifying codes for all healthcare providers, security of electronic health information with standards protecting the confidentiality of patients.
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Protected Health Information (PHI)
- Any individually identifiable information that relates to all past, present and future physical or mental conditions or the provision of healthcare to an individual.
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Sanctions
- Fines or penalties for breaking laws, in this case HIPAA.
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State’s preemption
- Situations where state laws override the authority of the HIPAA regulations.
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Telemedicine
- Use of modern communication and information technologies to provide healthcare services to people at a distance.
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Treatment, payment, and healthcare operations (TPO)
- Indicates a healthcare provider is qualified to provide care or treatment.
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Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)
- Networks used by physicians and nurses in order to pool observations and data onto a single database.
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