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What Are The HIPAA Rules And How To Ensure HIPAA Compliance

HIPAA Compliance is a must for digital healthcare solutions. In this blog, we explain what are the HIPAA Rules and How to ensure HIPAA Compliance in simple words. If you want a comprehensive IT solution for the healthcare sector that is fully compliant with HIPAA rules? Contact info@emedhealthtech.com for more.

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What Are The HIPAA Rules And How To Ensure HIPAA Compliance

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  1. What Are The HIPAA Rules And How To Ensure HIPAA Compliance?

  2. Many countries have designed their own rules and regulations aiming to address this issue. In addition, some private entities have also framed their own standards to remove any loopholes in government-designed rules.

  3. What constitutes PHI? Details of Health Conditions Birthdate Patient Contact Details Insurance Information Protected Health Information (PHI) Constitute Medical Test Results Payment Details Biometric Identifiers Name Identification Number Address

  4. Why is healthcare data critical? Provides common data framework for all the entities Streamlines role based data access Why is HIPAA important? Ensures PHl integrity and availability Limits unnecessary data sharing Reduces malpractices Penalises compliance violations

  5. Best data handling practices as per HIPAA? 1. Secure Data Collection 2. Locate the health data storage 3. Encrypt data 4. Always Use Latest Technologies 5. Educate the staff about HIPAA guidelines 6. Conduct regular data security audits 7. Secure Data Backup Facilities

  6. How to ensure HIPAA-Compliance Platform? 1. Verify end-to-end encryption. 2. Locate the health data storage 3. Encrypt data 4. Always Use Latest Technologies 5. Educate the staff about HIPAA guidelines 6. Conduct regular data security audits 7. Secure Data Backup Facilities

  7. HIPAA Security Rule: This rule was published in February 2003. It sets national standards for protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronically protected health information. Compliance with the Security Rule was mandated on 20th April 2005. 1. Confidentiality: Secure information from unauthorized access. 2. Integrity: Ensure data integrity by securing the data. 3. Availability: Make sure that the data is available for the authorized personnel at all times. 4. Frequent internal audits of ongoing operations must be conducted. 5. Role-based access to patient data must be implemented. 6. PHI should be transmitted through encrypted channels.

  8. HIPAA Compliance becomes must for digital healthcare solutions. Here we have described that what are the HIPAA Rules and How to ensure HIPAA Compliance in simple words. Do you want a comprehensive IT solution for the healthcare which is fully compliant with HIPAA rules? Kindly request a free quote at EMed HealthTechfor your custom requirement.

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