Question

Security is a major concern now that computers play such a large part in healthcare. To address this concern, as well as others in the modern medicine era, Congress passed _______ in 1996.

A. ARLNA

B. AHIMA

C. HIPAA

D. AHA

Answer 1

The United States passed legislation in 1996 in an effort to ensure the privacy and safeguarding of all individuals’ medical data. In August of that year, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed by President Bill Clinton

answer: C. HIPAA

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. HIPAA

This is the acronym for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This was done to prevent illegal disclosing of data which was stored in computers and was passed in 1996 when it was signed by the then incumbent president Bill Clinton.