Bob Chaput, founder of Clearwater Compliance, which aims to help secure hospital technology, said the industry has prioritized compliance, but undervalues security. The 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, for instance, set a baseline standard for protecting patient privacy, and the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act set new standards for record digitization.
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