HIPAA was enacted in 1996 to standardize health insurance and protect patient privacy. Since then, rules for security, breaches, and enforcement have tightened, but the law is now outdated and can't keep up with modern healthcare technology.
What is HIPAA for those that are not in the know? Sure. Thanks, Aaron. From, from a really high level, HIPAA was a law that was passed back in '96. Um, it was passed to address health insurance coverage needs across the United States. With that, it also tried to standardize administrative functions and provide some baseline privacy protections for, uh, patient data. And over the years, uh, provisions have been added to address the growing need for stronger privacy, security, breach notification, and enforcement requirements, uh, to further protect patients patient data. At this point, it's very old and antiquated and is currently attempting to keep up with technology and more of the interconnected complexity of the healthcare system.
