The compliance date for the HIPAA Security Rule is April 21, 2005.

Security refers to the prevention of having data and information accessed by those without a “need to know”. The security and integrity of electronic health data must be protected from unauthorized users. The HIPAA Security Rule challenges that all electronic transmissions maintain a balance between being accessible while also being secure and confidential.

The HIPAA Security Rule applies to electronic protected health information (45CFR164.302). Certain transmissions, paper, facsimile, and voice, via telephone, are not considered to be transmissions via electronic media because the information did not exist in electronic form prior to the transmission (45CFR160.103(2))

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