Posted on 1/21/2016
According to security guidelines established by HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act), it’s not only covered entities—that’s those who provide treatment, payment, and operations in healthcare—but also their business associates—that’s anyone who develops mHealth, eHealth, or wearable applications that deal with Protected Health Information (PHI)—who are required to meet national standards for Physical, Administrative, and Technical security of health information.
When it comes to keeping protected data secure, there’s no denying that apps that will be transmitting, storing, or managing PHI should be using HIPAA compliant hosting. But what does it mean for a hosting provider to be HIPAA compliant? And, more importantly, does using HIPAA compliant hosting guarantee the app itself will be HIPAA compliant?
The HIPAA Security Rule ...