Health IT Security August 13, 2019
Industry stakeholders have long understood that HIPAA was not designed to address the digital landscape and troves of patient data: So, what will move the needle on healthcare security?
Healthcare stakeholders have long bemoaned the regulatory gaps in HIPAA, which does not fully cover the needs of a modern era. Written in the age of paper records, the intent of the regulation was portability, privacy, and accountability – not security.
For the last year, Congress has toyed with the idea of a federal privacy legislation that would supersede the patchwork of state and industry regulations to create a unified privacy law. However, with both Democrats and Republicans struggling with how to tackle and overhaul, it could be years still until...
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