Since it was first enacted, the healthcare industry has been under constant pressure to keep personal healthcare information (PHI) secure and to remain compliant with the evolving rules and regulations promulgated via HIPAA and the HITECH acts.
The rules have expanded to impact organizations outside of what is strictly defined as “healthcare” to include organizations that touch or transmit patient data. To secure this data, new cloud-IT services have emerged that can help organizations exceed their legal or compliance requirements in order to achieve greater security.