Are new healthcare tech tools HIPAA compliant?

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Healthcare companies and institutions want to stay up to date with tech innovations as much as any other industry, but may be fearful that integrating new tech could put them at risk of unintentionally violating compliance regulations. 

Poorly built healthcare software could result in patient information data breaches which, depending on the severity of the breach, could cost an organization penalties that range from fines of $100 to $50,000 per violation with an annual maximum penalty of $1.5 million for each violation category, according to the HIPAA journal. 

Paola Peralta
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Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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