• DocumentCode
    2388046
  • Title

    Impacts of legislation on electronic health records systems and security implementation

  • Author

    Piliouras, T. ; Xin Tian ; Desai, D. ; Patel, A. ; Shah, D. ; Yang Su ; Pui Lam Yu ; Sultana, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Adv. Res. on Emerging Healthcare Technol., Tech. Consulting & Res., Inc., Weston, CT, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-4 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    7
  • Abstract
    This paper presents an overview of HIPAA and ARRA HITECH legislation and its impacts on the implementation of security in Electronic Health Records systems (EHRs). Best practices for EHR system security to aid in legal compliance are discussed.
  • Keywords
    legislation; medical information systems; security of data; ARRA HITECH legislation; HIPAA legislation; electronic health records systems; legal compliance; security implementation; Authentication; Legislation; Medical services; Monitoring; Privacy; Standards; ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act); Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH); Health Insurance and Portability Act (HIPAA); compliance; confidentiality; electronic health records systems; legislation; privacy; safety; security;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Systems, Applications and Technology Conference (LISAT), 2012 IEEE Long Island
  • Conference_Location
    Farmingdale, NY
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1342-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LISAT.2012.6223106
  • Filename
    6223106