When the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was established in 1996, there were no smartphones or wirelessly connected medical devices, and very few care providers stored electronic protected health information (ePHI). But today, communication systems let medical professionals access ePHI via laptop, tablet or smartphone. Biometric data can be collected through wearable devices and shared with physicians or health care insurers. Some ailments can even be treated over video conference.
As all of this happens, hackers spare no effort to pilfer ePHI for gain. Now, more than ever, health care organizations must streamline methods that maintain compliance with Title II of HIPAA. Download this HIPAA compliance cheat sheet as a reference for those IT decision-makers who seek to facilitate easier HIPAA compliance management.