HIP TO BE HIPAA COMPLIANT
The Importance of HIPAA Compliant Technologies in the MMJ Industry
HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, sets the standard for protecting sensitive patient data. Any company which deals with protected health information(PHI) must ensure that all requirements for physical, networked, and process security measures are in place and being followed rigorously. This includes covered entities (CE), anyone who provides treatment, payment and operations in healthcare, business associates (BA), or anyone who has access to patient information and provides treatment, payment or operations. Subcontractors, or business associates of business associates, must also be HIPAA compliant.
HIPAA compliance in the MMJ dispensary environment should be robustly managed if breaches are to be minimized. HIPAA compliance is monitored by Health & Human Services, and the audit is based on the OCR (Office for Civil Rights) government protocols that are regularly enforced and upgraded by KPMG,...
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