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What is HIPAA Password Compliance and How Healthcare Organizations Can Comply with these Authentication Guidelines. HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) was introduced in 1996 but has become increasingly prominent in recent years due to the rise of data breaches in the industry. Data breaches have been on the rise across all industries in the past five years, but …
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) describes how organizations must keep protected health information (PHI) secure. So how exactly are employee passwords supposed to be handled in light of HIPAA? It’s important to understand how HIPAA handles the topic of passwords in order for organizations to properly implement the guidelines in their data protection strategies. What Organizations are …
Our recommended healthcare password policies that complement and support HITRUST. Since its founding in 2007, HITRUST (Health Information Trust Alliance) champions programs that safeguard sensitive information and manage information risk for global organizations across all industries. HITRUST works with privacy, information security, and risk management leaders from the public and private sectors, to develop common risk and compliance management frameworks, …
Employee password security is a significant issue for healthcare providers. How can hospitals and other healthcare providers tackle password security concerns? The healthcare industry sector is increasingly the target of cybercriminals. As more providers move internal systems online, leverage connected medical devices, and host medical records on patient portals; they become even more vulnerable as targets for cybercriminals. Healthcare Providers …
