HIPAA
acronymgovernance & riskprivacy
Stands for: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
The US healthcare-privacy law governing protected health information (PHI).
HIPAA (1996) sets the confidentiality, integrity, and availability requirements for PHI, and its Security and Privacy Rules flow down to vendors as business associates. A vendor stating HIPAA alignment means its controls and its Business Associate Agreement support customers in regulated healthcare - a standard line on the trust centers of infrastructure vendors serving that sector.
Also known as: hipaa, phi, protected health information