Which part of HIPAA addresses protecting e-PHI with policies, procedures, and workforce training?

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Which part of HIPAA addresses protecting e-PHI with policies, procedures, and workforce training?

Protecting electronic PHI through policies, procedures, and workforce training is addressed by the Security Rule safeguards. This part of HIPAA lays out administrative safeguards (such as security management processes and mandatory workforce training), physical safeguards (like facility and device protections), and technical safeguards (including access controls, auditing, encryption, and transmission security) to guard e-PHI. The Privacy Rule focuses on patient rights and how PHI may be used and disclosed, the Breach Notification Rule covers when and how breaches are reported, and the HITECH Act broadens and strengthens privacy and security requirements but does not specify the workforce training framework in the same way the Security Rule does.

Protecting electronic PHI through policies, procedures, and workforce training is addressed by the Security Rule safeguards. This part of HIPAA lays out administrative safeguards (such as security management processes and mandatory workforce training), physical safeguards (like facility and device protections), and technical safeguards (including access controls, auditing, encryption, and transmission security) to guard e-PHI. The Privacy Rule focuses on patient rights and how PHI may be used and disclosed, the Breach Notification Rule covers when and how breaches are reported, and the HITECH Act broadens and strengthens privacy and security requirements but does not specify the workforce training framework in the same way the Security Rule does.

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