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If you are involved in healthcare IT, you know all about HIPAA and the responsibility it puts on the organization to protect patient information. In the early days of HIPAA regulations, there were ...

Given the increasing adoption of cloud-based technology in the health care environment, it is no surprise that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”), ...

Despite its oft-touted advantages, the cloud computing model poses entirely new privacy and security challenges to an industry already behind many others in that regard – and HIPAA regulations play ...

Encryption becomes mandatory: AES‑256 encryption will be required for all ePHI at rest, with TLS 1.3 or higher for data in transit, removing previous flexibility. Beyond technical controls: ...

Finding the right web hosting provider is important for HIPAA compliance. It aids organizations in safeguarding themselves from legal problems and costly fines. The best hosting provider enables ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released updated HIPAA Security Rule guidance to help healthcare organizations secure patient data in cloud environments. The materials outline ...