Healthcare Technology Compliance: A Developer’s Guide to HIPAA, GDPR, and HL7
Healthcare software operates in one of the most heavily regulated environments in any industry. HIPAA in the US, GDPR in Europe, and NHS data standards in the UK impose strict requirements on how patient data is collected, stored, processed, and shared.
HIPAA Technical Safeguards Explained
HIPAA requires access controls (unique user identification, emergency access procedures, automatic logoff), audit controls, integrity controls, and transmission security for all ePHI. These are not optional — they are the minimum baseline for any system handling US patient data.
