HIPAA

HIPAA laws are a series of federal regulatory standards that outline the lawful use and disclosure of protected health information in the United States. HIPAA compliance is regulated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and enforced by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

HIPAA compliance is a living culture that health care organisations must implement within their business in order to protect the privacy, security, and integrity of protected health data. Benefits of implementation as mentioned below but not limited to the list.

• Security Against privacy of health information.
• Prevent data breaches
• Build Customer Confidence in assessed companies;
• Identifying and mitigation of risk
• Avoid fines and penalties