· Pradeep Pandey · Healthcare Compliance
Is Your Nurse Scheduling Software HIPAA Compliant? What to Check Before You Store PHI
Workforce scheduling apps are easy to adopt and easy to get wrong on compliance. The moment a nurse scheduling tool holds patient assignment or census data and the vendor has not signed a Business Associate Agreement, a Critical Access Hospital has a HIPAA exposure that surveyors and breach investigators look for. This guide covers when scheduling software becomes a HIPAA risk, the BAA question to ask every vendor, and how to keep patient data out of the workflow.