

To help medical providers live up to their legal obligations and secure the medical data of their patients, this article will explain how to be HIPAA/HITECH compliant using Dropbox.

With the rise of data breaches and cyber attacks, hospitals, healthcare clinics, and other entities electronically managing PHI are under greater scrutiny to secure sensitive health records.

HIPAA and HITECH legislation encourage the organizations to digitize digitalization of medical data and safeguard patient privacy by defining how organizations can manage protected health information (PHI). The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) along with the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act are laws that regulate how electronic medical records are stored and shared. Organizations in the healthcare industry can benefit from using Dropbox to store and share information, but is Dropbox HIPAA compliant? We will walk you through how to use Dropbox and stay within HIPAA Compliance.
