HIPAA

1.noun

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the U.S. federal law that protects patients' health information. Its Privacy and Security Rules apply to medical practices and to the vendors that handle patient data for them, such as AI receptionists and chatbots, and a vendor must sign a Business Associate Agreement before it receives that data.

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