Why is HIPAA compliance so important when considering to ...

Letu2019s break down outsourcing a bit more. First, thereu2019s onshore outsourcing, where you hire a US based company and the data never leaves the US. Second is offshore outsourcing, where patient data is shipped out of the US (or is accessed by a team outside the US). In either case, HIPAA requires a Business Associate agreement to be in place and for all of the data to be encrypted in transit and encrypted at rest. This is often accomplished by implementing encrypted storage and setting up VPN tunnels. Thereu2019s more to be considered, but thatu2019s the basic idea.
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