The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient’s consent or knowledge.
Top 5 Data Security Threats to Healthcare Every aspect of daily life has been permeated by technological progress: the “traditional” way of doing things, from even a generation ago, is now rendered obsolete and antiquated by the digital revolution. Accordingly, the...
Here is the second part of our blog series on building a successful healthcare application for web or mobile. This post focuses on utilizing ‘user-centered design’ methodologies to enhance the usability and usefulness of your app. But firstly, what is...
HIPAA Compliance for digital health startups is important. In this blog post, we'll define HIPAA, PHI, and HIPAA Compliance. We'll then provide practical examples of PHI. We will specify some steps that need to be taken to secure PHI in a cloud environment. We'll then...