“ In this regard the Regional Health Information Organizations are taken as the Business Associates which are liable to sign contracts with the involved entities. The act also defines a new category of Bas which are the vendors of the Personal Health Records who are also bound to sign contracts with the involved entities if they are providing the personal health record facility to their clients or patients. The BAs are commonly:
- Collection agencies
- Interpreters
- Third-party billers
- Transcriptionists
- Contract coders
- Contracted laboratory and radiology departments
- Security shredding companies
- Pharmacies with hospital contracts
- Marketing contractors
- Hospital couriers
- Contracted cleaning staff members
- ff-site storage facilities
- Auditors
- Software vendors
- Waste management companies
- Web design contractors
- Consultants.
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