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Introduction<\/strong><\/div>\n
It\u2019s important for health care companies to understand the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and its privacy and security rules. The act applies not only to doctors and hospitals but to all health care providers and researchers who are able to share patient information that\u2019s classified as private. HIPAA was designed to protect the consumer, not 
the health care providers. It\u2019s important to understand HIPAA\u2019s primary aspects and how it impacts and defines an audit scope.<\/div>\n
In this homework assignment, you will gather information about the health care industry that addresses the requirements a health care organization must comply with. You will relate the HIPAA Privacy and Security rules to  National  Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards and encryption technologies to ensure confidentiality of  electronic protected health information 
(ePHI) transmission. You will evaluate HIPAA requirements, identify what ePHI data consists of and apply HIPAA Privacy and Security rules to  ensure confidentiality, integrity,  and 
availability.  Finally, you will relate the security requirements for protected health information (PHI) to an overall privacy and security strategy for a health care organization. <\/div>\n
Learning Objectives<\/strong><\/div>\n
Upon completing this lab, you will be able to:<\/div>\n