Define and discuss the HIPAA Security Safeguards that are required to secure patient health information housed in an electronic health record (EHR) or another database. Discuss the importance of these safeguards as related to the sharing of patient information in a health information exchange and identify the challenges Health Information Exchanges (HIE) face.

HHS (2017). HIPAA Security Requirements. Retrieved from http://www.hipaasurvivalguide.com/hipaa-security-requirements.php ()