What It Actually Means to be HIPAA Compliant
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, is a federal regulation in the United States that protects healthcare data containing personal health information, or PHI. It also covers Electronic PHI, or E-PHI, which are digital records of this information. The ability to effectively using healthcare data is essential for improving patient outcomes, quality of care, resource allocation, revenues, and other operations.