Documentation shorthand
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
The U.S. federal law whose privacy and security rules govern how identifiable health information may be used and disclosed.
How it gets tested
Two things get tested: the spelling — two As, one P — and the scope, which is broader than "do not gossip about patients".
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