In an effort to help members of the health IT community better understand the federal laws relating to interoperability, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, has published a revised Guide to Privacy and Security of Electronic Health Information. Originally published in 2011, the updated document includes new insights about privacy- and security-related issues that will help providers, health IT professionals, vendors, and the public at large understand the different potentially applicable federal laws and incentive programs and how they fit together