The HITECH Act Has Improved the Privacy and Security of Patient

question 11

True/False

The HITECH Act has improved the privacy and security of patient health information by applying the requirements of HIPAA directly to the business associates of covered entities. In the past, it was up to the covered entity to enter into contracts with its business associates to ensure compliance with HIPAA. Now business associates are responsible for their own compliance.

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Definitions:

Nutrient Molecules

Essential compounds absorbed by the body to provide energy, support growth, and maintain and repair body tissues.

Energy Production

The biological processes by which cells convert nutrients into usable energy, primarily through respiration and metabolism.

Oxygen

A chemical element with symbol O, essential for aerobic respiration in living organisms and a key component of the Earth's atmosphere.

Vitamin

One of a group of organic substances present in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs that are essential to normal metabolism; insufficient amounts in the diet may cause deficiency diseases.