Keeping Up With Cybersecurity Is Essential To HIPAA Compliance

Over the past few years, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as other developments in the medical arena, practices have increasingly relied on technology. This includes the much wider use of telehealth as well as electronic health records (EHR), online medical portals, and appointment confirmations via email and text.

Although technology is giving physicians, medical staffs and patients much easier access to critical information, it has also opened the door for fraudsters and hackers to steal or corrupt this data. That is why it is important to continue to follow the latest protocols for handling protected health information (PHI).

NATIONAL STANDARDS

Title II of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), known as the Administrative Simplification provisions, created national standards for electronic health care transactions. Title II covers a lot of ground, but two aspects are particularly relevant to cybersecurity for medical