What to consider when developing and shipping HIPAA compliant software? (Part 1)
What to consider when developing and shipping HIPAA compliant software? (Part 1) The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by United States Congress in 1996. The act has five Titles which cover health insurance coverage for workers families, standards for electronic health care transactions, pre-tax medical expenditures, group health plans and finally […]
What to consider when developing and shipping HIPAA compliant software? (Part 2 – Email communications)
Can email communications be HIPAA compliant? As we discussed in the previous article, there are technical safeguards which must be followed by the companies when developing custom software for medical and healthcare or pharmaceutical industries. Some modern applications, regardless of their platform (web applications, mobile applications or desktop applications) choose email to transfer sensitive data between […]