HIPPA Compliance

Application developed in health care domain need to facilitate implementation of HIPPA compliance to meet the requirements set out in the Nationwide Privacy and Security Framework for Electronic Exchange of Individually Identifiable Health Information (the Privacy and Security Framework).

Best practices for the privacy and security of protected health information. These adhere to the Final Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as guidelines. The HIPAA privacy regulations address what information is considered to be protected health information (PHI).

Like the Privacy Rule, the Security Rule mandates the use of certain administrative, physical and technical and safeguards to protect confidentiality. However, in contrast to the Privacy Rule, which only requires the safeguards to be "adequate," the Security Rule actually sets forth specific standards that covered entities must implement in order to comply with the Security Rule. (C.F.R.§ 160.103 etc.)