In article <dbekfl$c6v$1@atlantis.news.tpi.pl>,
"Iwona" <iwonachf@poczta.onet.pl> wrote:
> Thanks for your reply :)
> The sentence is like that: "These provisions are designed to help cover
> entities more easily comply with the business associate contract
> requirements of the Privacy Rule." Perhaps you could also tell me what
> "business associate" is.
It's difficult to tell exactly from this context, but it typically means
another with whom one associates, for the purposes of business.
"Hell, my name is Misc, this is my partner Tom, and Sally & Fred, over
here, are business associates." This could mean that they contract for
us, that they are customers, or that we just talk to them about our
business and they give us advice -- but the implication is that they're
a sort of "friend of my business", as differentiated from personal
friends, which they may or may not also be.
That's a very casual, off the cuff answer, btw. I'm sure someone else
will let us know if there's a more relevant and formal answer.
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