Disaster Recovery planning and HIPAA regulations

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Disaster Recovery planning and HIPAA regulations

Written by Phil on September 10, 2009 in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery.

The firms which are regulated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) need to make a disaster recovery (DR) plan taking into consideration how various regulations and compliance issues will impact the firm after a disaster strikes because producing a DR plan is a HIPAA requirement.

However, the act is written to be “technologically neutral,” which leaves room for each covered entity to choose the technology best suited to its needs:

See Disaster Recovery planning and HIPAA regulations, from HIPAA Compliance Journal.

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For an excellent guide to Business Continuity in the healthcare environment, see Business Continuity Management in the Health Care Environment. By James C. Barnes; Edited by Deborah Barnes, Philip Jan Rothstein, FBCI.