The HITECH Act Greatly Strengthened HIPAA Regulations Surrounding

question 32

Multiple Choice

The HITECH Act greatly strengthened HIPAA regulations surrounding:

• A) the business record rule
• B) litigation
• C) business associates
• D) third-party payers

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Concrete Class

A class that has an implementation for all of its methods, as opposed to abstract classes which can contain unimplemented methods.

Abstract Class

A class that cannot be instantiated and is designed to be subclassed, often containing one or more abstract methods which must be implemented by subclasses.

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A class defined within another class in Java, useful for logically grouping classes that are only used in one place, improving encapsulation.

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