The Office for Civil Rights oversees HIPAA Privacy Rules, which are designed to protect the privacy of patients, their identifiable health information and other security measures for protected health information. When Congress meets later in 2015, there are bound to be some challenges and many are concerned those challenges could threaten the passage of any meaningful measures, especially when it comes to the elderly and children. If a solution isnât found, it could mean the same challenges HIPAA faces now wonât be resolved for at least a year or longer.
Since the law was passed, itâs already gone through several âgrowing painsâ, including breach notification decisions and patient safety rule revisions, which protects and prevents identifiable information being used to analyze patient safety events and to improve patient safety.
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