Whitepaper: Is Windows 10 HIPAA Compliant?

The following is a guest blog post by Steven Marco, CISA, ITIL, HP SA and President of HIPAA One®.

HIPAA One has collaborated with Microsoft on a new whitepaper that addresses Windows 10 and HIPAA compliance.
The whitepaper, HIPAA Compliance with Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise, provides guidance on how to leverage Microsoft Windows 10 as a HIPAA-compliant, baseline operating system for functionality and security. Additionally, the paper tackles head on (and debunks) the myth that Microsoft Windows is not HIPAA compliant.
In light of the recent focus on HIPAA enforcement actions; hospitals, clinics, healthcare clearinghouses and business associates are trying to understand how to manage modern operating systems with cloud features to meet HIPAA regulatory mandates. Along with adhering to HIPAA, many healthcare organizations are under pressure to broadly embrace the benefits of cloud computing and manage the security implications.
Microsoft has invested heavily in security and privacy technologies to address and mitigate today’s threats. Windows 10 Enterprise has been designed to be the most user-friendly Windows yet and includes deep architectural advancements that have changed the game when navigating hacking and malware threats. For this reason, organizations in every industry, including the Pentagon and Department of Defense have upgraded to Windows 10 Enterprise to improve their security posture. However, as with all software upgrades; functionality, security and priv...

Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 23, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: EHR Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR Healthcare HealthCare IT HIPAA General Health Affairs HIPAA Risk Assessment HIPAAOne Weill Cornell Medical College Source Type: blogs