HIPAA Implementation and Compliance

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires that any health care provider, health care entity or health plan must comply with standards that have been developed to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of individual health information.

Protection of ePHI (personal Information) includes Name, Cell, email, social security number, Age, illness and other important details related to patient. The ePHI details should not be disclosed to any unauthorized sources through technical or other means resulting in breaches.

Organizations must put in place security measures and controls including- Physical and Technical Safeguards, Policies and HIPAA Compliance

These physical safeguards include…

  • Limited facility access and control with authorized access in place
  • Policies about use and access to workstations and electronic media
  • Restrictions for transferring, removing, disposing, and re-using electronic media and ePHI

 

Along the same lines, the technical safeguards of HIPAA require access control allowing only for authorized personnel to access ePHI. Access control includes..

As a Certified HIPAA Privacy Security Expert CHPSE, we provide the services as below-

  • Consulting on HIPAA Privacy and Security Assessment and Implementation
  • Conducting audits in compliance to HIPAA requirements

 

HIPAA Implementation and Compliance