Medical Terms - F
Facilitated Risk Analysis Process (FRAP) - (risk assessment method involving prescreening/preliminary analysis which narrows risk assessment to critical areas)
Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) - (risk management framework which categorizes risk factors and focuses on more probable risks)
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACTA) - (Federal legislation which amended the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) of 1970 to allow consumers to obtain a copy of their consumer report and added measures to deal with identity theft.)
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) - (federal law enacted in 1970 primarily covering consumer reporting agencies and users of consumer reports - amended by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACTA))
Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPS) - (data privacy concepts developed during the 1970s, resulting in the 1973 Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) report, calling for a Code of Fair Information Practices, influencing the Privacy Act of 1974, the 1980 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Privacy Guidelines, and the 1995 European Union (EU) Data Protection Directive (DPD))
Fair Information Practices (FIP) - (set of information privacy principles recommended by a 1973 report issued by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), calling for a Code of Fair Information Practices, which served as a basis for future legislation related to the use of personal information)
Fair Information Principles (FIPs) - (alternative term for the Fair Information Practices principles recommended in the 1973 Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) report as the Code of Fair Information Practices)
False Claims Act (FCA) - (Federal law making it illegal to submit claims for payment to Medicare or Medicaid, that someone knows or should know are false or fraudulent.)
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) - (federal law enacted in 1974 protecting the privacy rights of students and their educational records, which gives parents the right to inspect and review a student's records, while limiting the disclosure of personally identifiable information (PII))
Fast Health Interoperability Resource (FHIR) - (interconnection standard recognized within the Health Level 7 (HL7) family of standards)
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) -
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) - (mandatory requirements for federal agencies for the development or acquisition of information systems)
Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) - (federal law, enacted in 2002 as Title III of the E-Government Act, designed to improve information security at federal agencies by requiring the development of standards and guidelines for security controls and practices for federal systems)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) - (independent federal agency created in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act, with the goal of protecting consumers and ensuring business competition - has taken on a greater enforcement role in the area of data security and privacy)
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - (federal law, enacted in 1966, that establishes guidelines for the public release/disclosure of documents created and held by federal agencies)