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Published on Thu Oct 22, 2020

Question: Does electronic protected health information (ePHI) have to be encrypted to be HIPAA compliant? Texas Subscriber Answer: Believe it or not, no — though it is certainly in the best interest 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) [...]
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