1) What is the difference between HIPAA and CFR laws? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability act of 1996 (HIPAA) provides protections for personal health information held by covered entities and gives patients an assortment of rights pertaining to the information given. This rule has set national standards for the protection of individually identifiable health information by three categories of covered entities: health plans, health care providers who conduct standard health care transactions and health care clearinghouses. This is meant to further improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system by encouraging and implementing the use of electronic data interchange. The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules and regulations published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government of the United States. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to federal regulation. CFR is sometimes also called administrative law. 2) Why do you think these laws should be implemented? These laws covers all healthcare organizations, implementation itself is substantially a non-competitive issue. Also, they are meant to encourage healthcare organizations to move patient information handling activities from manual to electronic systems in order to improve security, lower costs, and lower the error rate.