HIPAA

Your cloud service provider is HIPAA compliant. But that doesn’t mean you are too!  As a Covered Entity or a Business Associate who uses a HIPAA-compliant cloud to create, receive, maintain, and send protected health information (PHI), your compliance efforts don’t and mustn’t end there. While using a compliant cloud service provider is a must,…

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) ensures that health service providers i.e Business Associates (BA) and Covered Entities protect PHI (Protected Health Information) while offering healthcare services. In this article, we discuss the main components of HIPAA and how each serves the purpose stated above.  What are the Components of HIPAA?…

If you work in a healthcare-related field, you’re familiar with safeguarding patient privacy under HIPAA. But let’s face it—putting those concepts into action can be overwhelming, especially when new challenges arise while identifying protected health information (PHI) and understanding covered entities. Staying up-to-date with evolving regulations and technology is a challenging task. Fear not, though!…

HIPAA and HITRUST are two standards often used interchangeably in the healthcare industry. Despite having overlapping requirements and the same goal – to secure protected health information (PHI), their applicability differs in many ways. This raises the question: which is right to secure data in the healthcare industry? Which makes more sense for my type…

If you own a healthcare facility or provide a service to one, you know how important it is to be HIPAA compliant. HIPAA has a long list of requirements, and documentation is an important one. The struggle with HIPAA documentation is often confusing. The legal speak often leads non-compliance folks down the rabbit hole. But…