United States:
HHS Issues Guidance On Cloud Computing And HIPAA
24 November 2016
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
,
Richard Johnson
,
Anand Varadarajan
,
Nicole Perry
and
Alexa Sendukas
Jones Day
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In October, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
("HHS") published guidance explaining obligations for
covered entities and business associates when using cloud services
providers under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act ("HIPAA"). Under the guidance, when covered entities
and business associates use cloud services, they must enter into an
additional business associate agreement with the cloud services
provider. Covered entities must also ensure that any service-level
agreements in place with cloud service providers are consistent
with the business associate agreements and applicable HIPAA
rules.
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