HIPAA is an acronym for the Health Insurance Probability and Accountability Act. Congress passed the Act in 1996 to protect the privacy of patient information (Pazgar, 2012). The move to protect the rights of patients materialized in an effort to encourage ethical practices in the health sector. HIPAA sees to the observance of strict codes of confidentiality as it relates to the transmission of patient information across agencies or organizations. The legislation applies to all organizations that have records of citizens’ health records. It covers all forms of information storage from print to electronic media (Pazgar, 2012). HIPAA guarantees privacy of health information largely. HIPAA prohibits the transmission of patient information without
