Healthcare DIVE April 11, 2022
The United States’ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulates how organizations like hospitals and insurers must control and manage protected health information (PHI). HIPAA defines the steps that these organizations must take to prevent, identify, and respond to known or suspected security incidents. But to protect patient data privacy, you need more than training and procedures to help you comply with HIPAA – you need effective data governance technology.
HIPAA compliance is essential, but no longer sufficient
Since 1996, HIPAA requirements have provided essential guidance to organizations that must protect the critically important PHI entrusted to them by patients. But while these regulations are important and essential, they are showing their age – especially when compared to industry...