Medical Economics August 26, 2025
Marty Puranik , Todd Shryock

Key Takeaways

  • Cloud services in healthcare offer efficiency, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, with HIPAA compliance ensuring patient data protection.
  • HIPAA compliance requires comprehensive security frameworks, workforce engagement, access control, and continuous monitoring to safeguard patient data.
  • Future federal legislation may enhance patient rights, enforcement, and data security standards, impacting healthcare data protection practices.
  • Healthcare organizations must prioritize patient privacy in cloud environments, selecting providers with strong compliance and data security expertise.

Why protecting patient privacy in the cloud needs to be a health care imperative

Cloud services that adhere to HIPAA have seen a significant increase in adoption within the health care sector in recent years. This trend continues to accelerate, and cloud computing is now deeply embedded within...

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