It is not a secret, that every healthcare organization or provider thought of getting HIPAA Certification at least once. But after starting to study the topic in detail, it appears that it is not so clear. Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, it is not ...

The HIPAA-compliant healthcare sphere seems to be highly specialized from first sight. Thus, it may be nearly impossible to find HIPAA compliance software to put into your workflow, so you don’t have to worry about your ePHI privacy and security. But, as far as you start to dig into the topic of ...

It’s important to know the history of the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for a better understanding of the reason for its signing and why a lot of healthcare organizations and providers try to keep up with its standards. Also, knowledge of HIPAA history helps to ...

While learning the topic of HIPAA, you must hear the term Protected Health Information (PHI), which refers to protected health information. It is data of demographic character, stored to identify patients of HIPAA Compliant organizations. Details that make information PHI are geographic data, ...

In conformity with The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), every HIPAA compliant organization should have HIPAA Compliance Officers. They can be not only on-site workers but also outsourced ones. But what are they responsible for and why do you need them? Let's ...