Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

HIPAA requires that all patient health insurance (PHI) data transmitted over the Internet be encrypted and secured. It sets out detailed regulations on the confidentiality of patient records and keeping them safe from unauthorized use or viewing. HIPAA affects virtually all health care providers, health plans, public health authorities, life insurers, information system vendors, various health service organizations, and schools.

Specific security requirements set out in HIPAA include:  

• Ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all PHI the covered entity creates, receives, maintains, or transmits.
• Protecting against reasonably anticipated threats to PHI
• Protecting against uses or disclosures of PHI

8e6’s filtering and reporting technology helps healthcare organizations limit user access to sensitive customer data and helps prevent costly Internet threats such as phishing and spyware from infiltrating a company’s network.

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