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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
HIPAA, which became effective in August 1997, calls for electronic data interchange (EDI) use in medical transactions and also calls for protecting patient healthcare information. Enterprises face fines of up to $250,000 and 10 years imprisonment for wrongfully disclosing patient information.
- Parte del discurso: noun
- Industria/ámbito: Tecnología
- Categoría: Tecnología de la información
- Company: Gartner
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