Healthcare is amongst the worst hit industries suffering from major loopholes in data security. Data breaches in this industry are increasing every year at an alarming rate. According to the United States Office of Civil Rights, in 2016, there were a total of 326 breach incidents reported. 2015 was ‘the year of healthcare data breach’ […]
Read More ›HIPAA compliance is tough, let’s agree on this. At the same time, let’s also agree that it’s not impossible. It all boils down to understanding the requirements and building your technology, your policies, your practices and your employee/management attitude around it. As the first step towards HIPAA compliant software development, you need to understand the detailed […]
Read More ›Welcome back to our series on HIPAA compliance in healthcare industry. In this post, we have set out to decode the labyrinthine standards laid forth by the Department of Healthand Human Services’ 1996 HIPAA,and the changes instituted by the HITECH Act of 2009, in order to help you establish your own HIPAA compliance checklist. Prior to […]
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