Section § 164.308(a)(4)Information access management

What it says

(4)(i) Standard: Information access management. Implement policies and procedures for authorizing access to electronic protected health information that are consistent with the applicable requirements of subpart E of this part.

(ii) Implementation specifications:

(A) Isolating health care clearinghouse functions (Required). If a health care clearinghouse is part of a larger organization, the clearinghouse must implement policies and procedures that protect the electronic protected health information of the clearinghouse from unauthorized access by the larger organization.

(B) Access authorization (Addressable). Implement policies and procedures for granting access to electronic protected health information, for example, through access to a workstation, transaction, program, process, or other mechanism.

(C) Access establishment and modification (Addressable). Implement policies and procedures that, based upon the covered entity's or the business associate's access authorization policies, establish, document, review, and modify a user's right of access to a workstation, transaction, program, or process.

HIPAA, the United States rules protecting health information, § 164.308(a)(4)

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  Helps with this requirementin HIPAA Security Rule ReadinessIts Framework References cite this section. Lists the 22 Security Rule standards and their 41 implementation specifications in plain words, required or addressable, with an owner and the evidence to keep.