HIPAA contains some of the most detailed and comprehensive requirements of any privacy and data security law to date, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s go back to before there was federal protection of health information. Why was it created in the first place?
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Certified HIPAA Training: What It Is and How to Meet the Requirements
HIPAA laws and regulations apply to any organization that deals with electronically stored protected health information (PHI). Eventually, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) conducts audits of the organizations. As a covered entity, you need to prepare documentation in advance of these audits.