HIPAA-Compliant Software Development | Checklist for Health Care Software Development - Cardinal Peak
Summary
With the world shifting into a digital era, and our increasing connectivity and reliance on technology, the importance of safeguarding an individual’s personal information has become one of the biggest issues in modern times. At Cardinal Peak, we recognize that protecting sensitive data and staying HIPAA-compliant has never been more crucial, and our engineers are here to assist you in making the IoT health care product development process worry-free. If there is a compliance issue that arises, then there also needs to be a remediation plan in place to minimize damage, implement changes to the software and inform any affected individuals as quickly as possible. HIPAA-compliant software solutions, therefore, require a policy for when and where to back up PHI and other essential data — ideally in an offsite or mirrored cloud facility to maintain uptime. Usually identified through self-audits and remediation plans, your organization’s unique compliance policies and procedures should be implemented across business functions to set expectations for how PHI should be handled, guide daily work operations and ensure consistent patient care.