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Academic Medicine

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Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) - "Guidelines for Academic Medical Centers on Security and Privacy: Practical Strategies for Addressing HIPAA"

Articles

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Hayes, Heather B., "HIPAA: Best if used by...: The federal law intended to protect the privacy of patient records has long outlived its usefulness, but what’s the remedy?" - Government Health IT (July 12, 2006)

Commercial

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HCPro Corporation
- www.hcmarketplace.com/free/emailnls/
A health management publisher that makes available a number of free newsletters, including HIPAA Weekly Advisor
Medscape - www.medscape.com/pages/editorial/resourcecenters/public/hipaa/rc-hipaa.ov
Medscape, from WebMd, has launched a Resource Center for HIPAA Compliance. The Resouce Center includes article links, news updates, links to government and professional association web sites, as well as Conference coverage.

Government

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HHS, Office of Civil Rights (OCR), HIPAA Privacy Web Site
www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) - Fact Sheet on Incidental Disclosures

Law Firms

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Index to the Final HIPAA Privacy Regulations, for easy navigation through the Rule. Graciously shared by McDermott, Will & Emery -- see the Index (PDF)

Newsletters & Listservs

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Briefings on HIPAA: Analysis and Advice About the Privacy and Security Rules (OPUS COMMUNICATIONS, division of hcPRO)
HIPAA Bulletin for Management, Managed Care Information Center
HIPAA Weekly Advisor (hcPro) - an e-mail newsletter
OCR Privacy Listserv - the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which is responsible for implementation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, maintains a listserv to distribute announcements, notices of available resources, and other educational information about the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

Policy Organizations

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Health Privacy Project, Georgetown University

Professional Associations

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American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
http://www.ahima.org/
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
http://www.himss.org

Regional Initiatives

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CHC (Community Health Centers) HIPAA Collaborative
A "health center driven project" to assist participating Massachusetts community health centers with HIPAA planning and response. Initial meetings were organized by the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers and Neighborhood Health Plan. Contact the Massachusetts League for more information.
HealthKey Five State Project - HIPAA Gives (Government Information Value Exchange for States)
HIPAA EarlyViewTM Privacy Tool
This is a software tool designed to help healthcare providers, plans and clearinghouses assess their current position in relation to the HIPAA privacy regulations and begin their compliance strategy. The tool was developed jointly by NCHICA (North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance) and the Maryland Health Care Commission. A demonstration of the software is available on the NCHICA web site
NCHICA has also reported that their HIPAA Privacy Work Group is "cranking out" documents (sample consent, authorization, notice, BA Contract, etc.) that can be referenced on line by the tool and imported into a document library so that a facility can build its own compliance plan.
WEDI/SNIP (Strategic National Implementation Process) and List Serve

Tools

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HIPAA Privacy Rule: Disclosures for Emergency Preparedness - A Decision Tool http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/decisiontool/
HHS Covered Entity Decision Tool
www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/hipaa2/support/tools/decisionsupport/default.asp
Use this tool to determine whether or not you are a covered entity under HIPAA.

This page last updated July 24, 2006

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