HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library. HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. HIPAA was designed to improve the efficiency of the healthcare system and to provide national standards for security and privacy of a patient's health information. It also protects health insurance coverage for workers and their dependents when employment is terminated. Since HIPAA is a federal law, compliance is mandatory. Most entities will be required to comply to the HIPAA privacy rule by April 14, 2003.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articles / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides

Meyer, M. Jayson. HIPAA : the questions you did’t know to ask.
        WX 173 M493 2004

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Hubbard, Michael W., et al. HIPAA policies & procedures desk reference.
        WX 33 Ml H82 2003

Selected textbooks

Dennis, Jill Callahan. Privacy and confidentiality of health information.
        WX 173 D466 2000

Dept. of Health and Human Services. Protecting personal health information in research : understanding the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
        WX 33 Ml P78 2003

Doscher, Michael. HIPAA : a short- and long-term perspective for health care.
        WX 33 .AA1 D6 2002

Root, Jan, et al. Field guide to HIPAA implementation.
        WX 275 .AA1 F44 2002

Withrow, Scott C. Managing HIPAA compliance : standards for electronic transmission, privacy, and security of health information.
        WX 173 W473 2001

More books

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings:	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
	Insurance, Health
	Medical Records
	Privacy
	Confidentiality
	Computer Security

Selected journals

American journal of law and medicine
Health affairs
Hospitals & health networks
JONA's healthcare law, ethics and regulation
Journal of AHIMA
Journal of health politics, policy and the law
Journal of law, medicine & ethics
Policy, politics & nursing practice
Journal of legal medicine

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings:	Medical Records- Periodicals
	Hospital Administration- Periodicals
	Hospitals- Periodicals
	Jurisprudence- Periodicals
	Health Policy- Periodicals
	Legislation, Medical- Periodicals
	Delivery of Health Care- Periodicals
	Public Health- Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

MEDLINE Database (off-campus login required)

Suggested subject headings:	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
	Confidentiality
	Privacy
	Medical Records
	Insurance, Health
	Patient Access to Records
	Computer Security

Academic Search Premier Database (off-campus login required)

Search using keywords:	HIPAA
	Health Insurance
	Medical Records
	Confidential Communications
	Right of Privacy

CINAHL - Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature Database (off-campus login required)

Suggested Subject headings:	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
	Health Insurance/legislation and jurisprudence
	Privacy and Confidentiality
	Access to Information
	Data Security

Selected journal articles

AHIMA - Privacy and Security Practice Council. Beyond HIPAA. Journal of AHIMA. 2007 Aug; 78(7):60-65.

Burkhartsmeier, G. HIPAA: Where are we now? MLO: Medical Laboratory Observer. 2007 Jun; 39(6):28-29.

Hennessy, S. et al. Researchers and HIPAA Epidemiology. 2007 Jul; 18(4):518.

Kelly GC. There's a new HIPAA sheriff in town. Medicare is apparently now policing HIPAA. Emergency Medical Services. 2007 Jun; 36(6):34.

Wisk, T.M. HIPAA Review and Update 2006-2007. Plastic Surgical Nursing. 2007 Jan-Mar; 27(1):58-60.

More reference sources

Blount, L. Lamar, et al. Mastering the reimbursement process, 3rd ed.
        W 80 U334 2001

Hoyt, Torras. Health care fraud and abuse: a physician's guide to compliance, 2nd ed.
        W 50 T677 2003

Humber, James M. and Robert F. Almeder (eds.). Privacy and health care.
        WX 173 P748 2001

Roach, William H., Jr, et al. Medical records and the law, 4th ed.
        WX 33 Ml R6m 2006

Specialized sources

Office of Compliance. 601-815-3944.
        University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
        Stacey Baldwin, sbaldwin@compliance.umsmed.edu

Selected electronic sources

Health Insurance Accountability and Portability Act of 1996
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/pl104191.htm

HIPAA Advisory
http://www.hipaa.org/

Office of Civil Rights - HIPAA
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/ocr/hipaa

Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
http://www.wedi.org/

Author: Sarah Adcock. Revised by: Gabriela A. Johnson
Copyright 2003, Revised 2007 Reference Department, Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
Last Updated: September 7, 2007.