HIPAA DEFINITIONS FOR ELECTRONIC PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION:

• Encryption means the use of an algorithmic process to transform data into a form in which there is a low probability of assigning meaning without use of a confidential process or key.

• Access means the ability or the means necessary to read, write, modify, or communicate data/information or otherwise use any system resource.

• Authentication means the corroboration that a person is the one claimed.

• Technical safeguards means the technology, policy and procedures for its use that protect electronic protected health information and control access to it.

• Workstation means an electronic computing device, for example, a laptop or desktop computer, or any other device that performs similar functions, and electronic media stored in its immediate environment implement the implementation specifications.

• Workforce clearance procedure
  (Addressable). Implement procedures to determine that the access of a workforce member to electronic protected health information is appropriate.