The University of SydneyPage 11HIPPA–Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act –HIPAA is to promote a better healthcare delivery system by broad and sweeping legislative measures–IS security is of paramount important to the future of any health care program–All firms that deal with personal history information (PHI) have to be in compliance with HIPAA–Privacy concerns with what information is covered–Security is the mechanism to protect the information–Standardization of electronic patient administrative and financial data