1. Purpose
Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System (SCVHHS) maintains a Patient Privacy Program to ensure compliance with requirements promulgated in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and various other federal and state privacy statutes and regulations. The HIPAA Security Rule requires health care entities to protect patient information that is stored electronically. SCVHHS stores patient information in various electronic health record(EHR) systems, and SCVHHS therefore must comply with the HIPAA Security Rule.
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Board of Supervisors