HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a U.S. law that governs the privacy and security of healthcare records, enhanced by the HITECH Act. Its key provisions are the Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information, and the Security Rule, which requires appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of electronic protected health information (ePHI).