November 4 through 10 is Health Information and Technology (HI&T) Week
This annual event recognizes the work of health information management (HIM) professionals who maintain and protect the health information of consumers from coast to coast.
Every wonder where all of the thousands of medical records generate are stored? Hospitals and doctor’s offices as well as other treatment centers spend thousands of dollars each year to maintain the integrity and confidentiality of your medical history. You may be familiar or have heard the acronym HIPAA used when referring to the confidentiality of a health record. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a group of federal law originally designed to establish rights, protections, and other standards of care for working people with pre-existing medical conditions. This act along with others has helped to define the process by which health information is shared and stored. Health Information Technicians are individuals who ensure the accuracy, completeness, coding, security, storage and retrieval of health care-related data.
We are glad to celebrate this week in their honor!
Notice how HIPAA can be stretched to include the blogging world!