Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Technology in Healthcare
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The legal and ethical implications of using technology in the healthcare industry are significant. Healthcare providers use automation to store patient records, transmit data, and facilitate communication. However, technology raises multiple ethical and legal considerations, ranging from patient privacy and confidentiality issues to the security of medical records. This discussion evaluates the ethical and legal implications of utilizing technology in healthcare while considering HIPAA use. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was designed to secure individuals' health data and ensure that it is kept secure.
The above law requires healthcare providers to implement administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to secure patient information. This includes measures like granting only authorized individuals access to patient records (Edemekong et al., 2018). From a legal standpoint, HIPAA demands healthcare providers and other covered entities to comply with regulations protecting patient health information...