Confidentiality:
Protecting the patient's private health information and maintaining the privacy of their clinical details.
HIPAA was enacted to encompass 3 areas of patient care:
Portability of insurance or the ability of a patient/worker to move to another place of work and be certain that insurance coverage is not denied
Detection and enforcement of fraud and accountability
Simplify administrative procedures in health care and other professions (this is an area where communication and transmission of records are done electronically). With improved technology, the role of wearable technology and androids in disclosing PHI is now under scrutiny
