Certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner-Pediatric (SANE-P) Practice Exam

HITECH expands HIPAA protections for electronic health information, with a strong focus on security during electronic transmission of health data. It requires safeguards for data in motion and at rest—such as encryption, authentication and access controls, audit logging, and breach notification—so that electronic records, like those in electronic health records, remain confidential as they are transmitted between systems, providers, and patients. The emphasis on confidentiality during electronic transmission is what makes this area central to HITECH.

The other options don’t fit because physical storage alone is only part of security, and HITECH’s reach is broader than storage; patient persuasion and patient billing are not about protecting information as it moves electronically.