(HIPAA) The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act became law in 1996 and is designed to improve the portability of health coverage, to standardize health care transactions, to impose privacy and security requirements, and to make other changes to the health care delivery system. HIPAA contains the following major administrative requirements:

The Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis (CHSRA) was formed in 1973 as a collaborative effort between the departments of Industrial Engineering and Preventive Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At CHSRA, researchers seek to improve long-term care and health systems by creating performance measures and developing information and decision support systems. CHSRA research and development projects serve a variety of audiences.