The Final Rule adopting HIPAA standards for the security of electronic health information was published in the Federal Register on February 20, 2003 and became effective April 20, 2005. This rule specifies a series of administrative, technical, and physical security procedures for covered entities to use to assure the confidentiality of electronic protected health information.
For full details go to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HIPAAGenInfo/
