13 Aug How Healthcare Organizations Can Tighten Their HIPAA Compliance
If you're a healthcare organization handling Protected Health Information (PHI), you have an important job to do. You must keep it safe, whether in digital or physical form, including account numbers, lab test results, health cards, and anything else related to a patient's healthcare. It's not just a recommendation, either. It's known as HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal law.
Doctors, clinics, psychologists, nursing homes, pharmacies, and a range of other entities must abide by comprehensive HIPAA rules and regulations to protect their patients' privacy and themselves from legal repercussions. If your healthcare organization is overwhelmed by everything involved in HIPAA but you know you need to tighten your compliance, here's how to get started.
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