Health
Information Privacy
• An individual’s right to control the acquiring, use
or release of his or her personal health information.
Health Information Security
• The protection of a person’s personal health information
from being shared without the owner’s permission.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
• The law Congress passed in 1996 to make sure that health insurance
would not stop when he or she changed employer. It also requires that
health information be kept private and secure.
Identity
• A unique characteristic of an individual person. For example,
a driver’s license proves that this person is who he or she
says they are.
Inappropriate Usage
• Using personal information without that person’s permission.
Incident Response Plan
• The instructions or procedures that an organization can use
to detect, respond to, and limit the effect of computer system attacks
.Informed Consent
• Information exchange between a clinical investigator and research
subjects. This exchange may include question/answer sessions, verbal
instructions, measures of understanding, and reading and signing informed
consent documents and recruitment materials.
Integrity
• Data or information that has not been changed or destroyed
in an unauthorized way.
Interoperability
• The ability of systems or components to exchange health information
and to use the information that has been exchanged accurately, securely,
and verifiably, when and where needed.
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