Security

HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administrative Simplification web site for this patient confidentiality, privacy and security act is well organized, with links to other HIPAA-related sites and subscription to a news service delivering updated information by e-mail.

The HIPAA Standards Update contains a list of recent articles, and is maintained by the American Hospital Association's Resource Library.

Canadian Organization for the Advancement of Computers in Health

Source for Guidelines for the Protection of Health Information - prepared by the association's Security & Privacy Committee.

Joint Security and Privacy Initiative

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association's (NEMA) - Medical Imaging Informatics (MII) Section - has launched a Privacy and Security Initiative to provide a common approach to the separate regulations in Japan, Europe, and the United States.

• U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Europe's EC 95/46 Directive
• Japan's HPB 517