HITECH Law Requires Privacy Breach Responses by Clinical Labs and Pathology Groups

Mar 26, 2010 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

“Securing” Protected Health Information (“PHI”) allows medical laboratories to avoid HITECH breach notification requirements As of February 22, 2010, clinical laboratories, pathology groups, and other health providers have new breach notification requirements relating to protected health information (PHI). This is mandated in the legislation known as the HITECH ACT. Dark Daily reported extensively on the breach notification requirements imposed by the HITECH ACT. Under the breach notification...
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