Want this question answered?
Whistleblowers The Untold Stories - 2011 Protected Disclosures 1-8 SUSPENDED was released on: USA: 6 February 2012
It guarantees that disclosures during therapy will be protected unless certain legal circumstances are present.
Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), there are several types of disclosures that may be required. For example, covered entities must disclose protected health information (PHI) as necessary to treat patients or when required by law. Moreover, covered entities may be required to provide an accounting of disclosures upon request by the patient. The exact number of required disclosures will vary based on specific circumstances and the role of the entity in question.
It is protected by FERPA laws
Under 18 U.S.C 1030, subsection (a)(5)(A) it is a criminal offense to:"knowingly causes the transmission of a program, information, code, or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally causes damage without authorization, to a protected computer". Knowingly setting up a buffer overflow attack would fall under this description. Under 18 U.S.C (c)(4), the penalty would be: "a fine under this title, imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both"
PHI- Protected Health Information EPHI- Protected Health Information in Electronic form
censorship of information before it is published is called
Protected health information (PHI) refers to information that contains one or more patient identifiers and can, therefore, be used to identify an individual.
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 47 > § 1030Prev | Next(5)(A) knowingly causes the transmission of a program, information, code, or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally causes damage without authorization, to a protected computer;(B) intentionally accesses a protected computer without authorization, and as a result of such conduct, recklessly causes damage; or(C) intentionally accesses a protected computer without authorization, and as a result of such conduct, causes damage and loss
Information--that is, straight facts--may not be protected by copyright; the expression of the information is.
Protected health information
$50,000