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Policies, Procedures, and Devices Used by U.S. Hospitals for HiPAA Privacy and Security Compliance

A 2015 journal article from John M. Pfau Library examines policies, procedures, and devices used by U.S. hospitals for HIPAA privacy and security compliance.

Ashford Hospital. The interior is standard NHS fare, nothing like as modernistic as the exterior.
Illustrative image: Ashford Hospital. The interior is standard NHS fare, nothing like as modernistic as the exterior. — Ron Strutt/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Categories: public-health, technology

Generated scores

Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.

Confidence
4/10
Geographic reach
4/10
Global importance
3/10
Impact magnitude
2/10
Positivity
6/10
Urgency
2/10

Why it matters

Documenting hospital HIPAA compliance practices supports understanding of privacy and security measures in U.S. healthcare.

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