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HIPAA logging requirements and how to ensure compliance

The U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was introduced in 1996 to protect the privacy and security of health information. HIPAA’s Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification rules require healthcare providers and their partners to protect electronic protected health information (ePHI) through robust access controls, breach reporting, and documentation practices. A critical part of this compliance effort involves maintaining detailed audit logs that track who accessed, modified, or disclosed PHI, and retaining HIPAA logs for at least six years.