Welcome!

Welcome to our Blog dedicated to the upcoming HIPAA Security Rule. The rule will go into effect on 4/20/05. There are many aspects to meeting the requirements of this rule. We will use this blog to define the various aspects of the rule and to guide you in implementing the steps necessary to meet the requirements. We will post to this Blog at least weekly. If you have an RSS reader you can subscribe to this Blog to be notified when new posts have been made. If not, you can check here once or twice a week to view the most current posts and comments.

This Blog is meant to be a group discussion. Feel free to comment on any post by clicking on the Comments link. If you have ideas or questions on any of the posts submit a comment for all of us to view and discuss. You can also email the post to a colleague by clicking on the envelope button at the bottom of each post.

We hope this Blog will help you in implementing the HIPAA Security Rule.