The HIPAA Security Rule established a set of national cybersecurity standards for the protection of all electronic protected health information (PHI) for patients and citizens. Any data created, received, maintain or transmitted under HIPAA requirements must be done so under these standards to avoid penalty and fines.
Medical and dental practices, senior care facilities, nursing homes and pharmacies are all mandated to meet HIPAA compliance in order to secure their patient data and avoid huge fines and penalties.