Description
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is as important to the healthcare industry. Hospitals, insurance companies and healthcare providers all must ensure HIPAA compliance to safeguard private and sensitive patient data. Health care organisations shall collect information on data access controls, methods for monitoring activities related to personal health information, integrity monitoring, authentication and security of communication. It is a federal HIPAA law that requires the creation of national standards to shield sensitive patient health information . A HIPAA violation may result in disclose the patient’s information without the patient’s consent or knowledge.
