What is HIPAA Compliance?

Description

"The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) required the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop regulations protecting the privacy and security of certain health information."

(https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/security/laws-regulations/index.html)

HIPAA is a set of standards for defining and protection of "Protected Healthcare Information (PHI)" PHI is any individually identifiable health information.