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HIPAA: What You Can and Can’t Disclose

Nurse Practitioners in Business

HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, has been around since 1996. One of its primary directives is to protect the privacy and security of patients’ health information. Of course, that doesn’t mean PHI (Personal Health Information) is always safe and protected; violations do occur.

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The Benefits of Nursing Informatics: How Information Technology Is Revolutionizing Patient Care

Post University

Data now plays a vital role in everything from patient care to practice management. Data privacy, for example, is a huge concern these days, with the HIPAA Journal revealing that violations run rampant. Why Is Nursing Informatics So Important?