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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Applications and Technology Conference (LISAT), 2012 IEEE Long Island
Conference_Location :
Farmingdale, NY
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1342-2
DOI :
10.1109/LISAT.2012.6223106
