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Encrypting a message converts it to a form that only the intended recipient can read. It is therefore undecipherable to all but the intended recipient.
HHS' OCR in February began using the new fine structure mandated by HITECH and handed one of the country's most prestigious hospitals, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, a $1 million penalty for a breach violation.
