This book is a valuable reference resource for health professional. It addresses the substantial changes brought about by HIPAA and the growth of electronic health record systems and electronic data networks. The book also covers information about how state laws are affecting the use and disclosure of health information.

With the evolution in how health information is created, stored, retrieved, used, and transmitted, the need for protection has resulted in new and comprehensive regulation in the form of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and this book addresses its voluminous privacy, security, identifier, code set, and transactions regulations.