Reader Questions:
Understand the HIPAA Nuances on Encryption
Published on Tue Sep 21, 2021
Question: Does electronic protected health information (ePHI) must be encrypted to be HIPAA compliant? Ohio Subscriber Answer: Believe it or not, no — though it is certainly in the interests of any covered entity (CE) to take this, and every possible precaution to safeguard ePHI. In “Security Standards: Technical Safeguards,” the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) outlines four [...]