HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliance

HIPAA is a U.S. regulation that protects the privacy and security of individuals’ health information (PHI). It specifically safeguards the confidentiality of patients and health plan subscribers’ medical data.
 
Medical and hospital applications access highly sensitive information, including personal data (contact details, social security numbers, insurance IDs), medical records, prescriptions, and doctors’ notes. With the rise of telehealth, even online consultations are stored. Handling such data brings serious responsibilities under privacy and security laws like HIPAA.

HIPAA principles applying to mobile devices and applications

(a)(1)(ii)(D)

Establish procedures to regularly review records of information system activity, such as audit logs, access reports, and security incident tracking

(a)(5)(ii)(A–C)

A. Install periodic security updates
B. Set procedures to detect and report malicious software
C. Enable logging and alerts on critical systems

(a)(6)(ii)

To comply with HIPAA, healthcare organizations must continuously monitor system activity, implement measures to detect and respond to security incidents, and inform relevant authorities and users in case of a breach.

How to comply

To comply with HIPAA, healthcare organizations must continuously monitor system activity, implement measures to detect and respond to security incidents, and inform relevant authorities and users in case of a breach.

Pradeo’s application security suite helps medical apps comply with HIPAA by detecting vulnerabilities, blocking malicious behaviors, and protecting sensitive health data in real time.

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