Getting Started with HIPAA [Paperback]

Uday O. Ali Pabrai (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1592000541 | ISBN-13: 978-1592000548 | Publication Date: April 24, 2003 | Edition: 1

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) touches every aspect of the healthcare industry. Organizations must meet the government established requirements or face severe penalties. "Getting Started with HIPAA" is a practical and solutions-oriented text that presents HIPAA’s broad scope of guidelines in a clear and concise manner. It is a highly informative guide that is ideal for future reference. Once finished, you’ll feel confident with your knowledge of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification legislation. It will bring you to a complete understanding of HIPAA legislation and its impact, changes that impact patient and medical records, requirements for privacy of patient and payment information, and much more!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Uday O. Ali Pabrai is a highly-sought-after HIPAA consultant and speaker. Ali is an accomplished expert in the areas of HIPAA, e-business, enterprise security policy and architecture. Ali has delivered HIPAA Executive Briefs and the Certified HIPAA (CHP) program nationally. His attendees have included hospitals, pharmacies, legal professionals, physicians, office administrator's, clinicians, HIPAA compliance officers as well as IT professionals such as CISSPs, transactions and security experts. Ali's clients have included Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates, Wells Fargo, Seabury and Smith/Marsh and many others. Ali created the industry leading CIW program and is the co-creator of the highly successful Security Certified Program (Security Certified.Net). Ali is the author of numerous books and articles on HIPAA, privacy, e-business, security and business threats. At ecfirst.com, Ali developed E-Accelerator - a HIPAA security-related implementation methodology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition (April 24, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592000541
• ISBN-13: 978-1592000548
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,809,083 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Weak on HIPAA Security!, October 30, 2003

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Ima Robot (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Getting Started with HIPAA (Paperback)

If you are looking for a solid review of the HIPAA Security Rule, I would suggest looking elsewhere. The breadth and depth of this chapter is very narrow (a mere 25 pages of shallow content) and I suspect it was actually written before the Final Security Rule was released in February of this year (2003). The frameworks for assessing Security Policicies and Procedures are nearly non-existent. While the book does have some solid HIPAA content, it's definitely not geared towards accurately assessing one's HIPAA Security Posture.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good information; poor editing., July 31, 2003

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Russell B. Baker (Westminster, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Getting Started with HIPAA (Paperback)

The book has some very useful information, but the style and or lack of editing detracts and distracts from its readability. For example: on page 2 the entire 4th paragraph is repeated word for word on page 7. On page 7 the 7th paragraph is repeated on page 9. The last paragraph on page 12 is identical to the first paragraph on page 13. On page 546 the first and third paragrpahs are identical, and the second and fourth paragraphs are identical. When reading along one gets a sense of deja vu and suspects they picked up the reading from the wrong starting point. When reading along one gets a sense of deja vu and suspects they picked up the reading from the wrong starting point. :) In summary, useful information, but fire the editor.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lucid. Comprehensive., June 27, 2003

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"shriek99" (Chesterfield, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Getting Started with HIPAA (Paperback)

Lucid and comprehensive is my first thougt on this book. It definitely deserves a look. Has a valuable overview of the HIPAA compliance and clearly explains things that need to be done. Helpful for beginner as well. It serves a great purpose as a reference book with lots of information.