With the release of the HITECH-HIPAA modifications, HIPAA also now covers âbusiness associatesâ or entities that contract with covered entities and that receive, use, and process protected health information (PHI).
Unexplored places on Earth: 1. Greenland icecaps: Greenland is the largest island in the world. In fact most of the areas of Greenland is covered by ice caps, make this place to least populated and unexplored. The ice sheets of Greenland have thickness of 3200 meters and have an age of 100,000 years.
In the study, published in the journal Polar Biology, the team collected soil samples from three volcanoes in the Victoria Land region of Antarctica, and from the subglacial caves of Mount Erebus. Their findings showed many types of moss, algae, arthropods and nematodes at all the sites, supporting the idea that geothermal areas, including caves hidden beneath the ice, can be havens for biodiversity.