The modern healthcare ecosystem represents a digital form of patient data that is generated, accessed, shared, and stored in a variety of systems and locations at all times. The platform of electronic health records (EHRs), telehealth platforms, cloud-based applications, and remote work environments has revolutionized care delivery – but has also demonstrated to be the cause of data breaches and privacy invasions. That is why HIPAA compliance requirements are not optional anymore – it is a groundbreaking condition of any healthcare organization, regardless of its size.
