HSLS Update

HIPAA? Here's Help

The implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in April has increased awareness of the importance of maintaining patient confidentiality. Below is a selected list of HSLS resources to help you to understand and apply HIPAA policies and procedures. A new HSLS HIPAA Internet Guide is also available at <www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/internet/hipaa>.

HIPAA BOOKS

. Chicago: American Medical Association, 2002.
Falk Library Reference Collection: KF3827.R4F54 2002
UPMC Shadyside Library Reference Collection: KF3827.R4F54 2002
WPIC Library Reference Collection: W 160.1 F453 2002

. Doscher, Michael. Chicago: AMA Press, 2002
Falk Library: KF3515.3.D67 2002
UPMC Shadyside Library Reference Collection: KF3515.3.D67 2002

. Association of American Medical Colleges. Lakewood Ohio: Medical Consultants Network, Inc., 2003.
Falk Library: [On order: Check PITTCat for call number]

. Amatayakul, Margaret K. 2nd ed. Marblehead, Mass.: Opus Communications, 2003.
Falk Library: KF3515.3.A9 2003

. Hubbard, Michael W. 2nd. ed. Chicago: AMA Press, 2003.
Falk Library Reference Collection: qKF1183.H83 2003

. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Co., 2000.
WPIC Library: W 740 P961 2000

. Washington, D.C.: American Health Lawyers Association, 2003.
WPIC Library Reference Collection: WX 173 S785 2003 q

HIPAA VIDEOS

. Carrollton, Texas: Westcott Communications, 1997.
Falk Library CMC: R727.C6 1997

. Virginia Beach, Va.: Coastal Training Technologies Corp., 2002.
Falk Library CMC: KF3827.R4H57 2002

. Virginia Beach, Va.: Coastal Training Technologies Corp., 1995.
Falk Library CMC: [Ask at Desk]

--Deb Silverman & Gretchen Maxeiner Millis