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The Security Rule associated with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective on April 21, 2005. The HIPAA privacy rule was effective two years ago and applied to all forms of protected health information (PHI). The Security and Privacy rules are closely related, but the Security Rule applies to PHI maintained or transmitted in electronic forms only.
Leading up to April 21, all employees are required to complete the proper training. On-line self-administered training can be found on www.bwhpikenotes.org. Click on “compliance corner” on the left of the homepage to find HIPAA on the left navigation. Select “HIPAA” to get to HIPAA Security Training Slides. Upon completion of the on-line training, employees should notify their managers, who must document completion in PeopleSoft. The HIPAA page of the intranet site also contains helpful background information on what is considered electronic protected health information (ePHI).
Look for more information in BWH Bulletin leading up to the April 21 effective date of the HIPAA Security Rule.