Glossary
HIPAAHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
HIPAA is the U.S. law governing the privacy and security of protected health information, including the Security Rule's requirements for access control, audit trails, and encryption.
Why it matters
Any system touching patient data has to satisfy it — and 'HIPAA-compliant' describes an ongoing program of controls, not a certificate a vendor can hand you.
HIPAA
Defined here, run in practice.
Any system touching patient data has to satisfy it — and 'HIPAA-compliant' describes an ongoing program of controls, not a certificate a vendor can hand you.
Glossary
HIPAA in practice, not just in theory.
We build and run these programs. If you want to know what this looks like in a real clinic rather than a definition, ask.