Healthcare FAQ

HIPAA compliance means covered entities and business associates follow the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules to protect PHI and ePHI with required safeguards and permitted uses and disclosures.

Secure file sharing for healthcare protects PHI by enforcing strong identity, least-privilege access, encryption, and auditing aligned to HIPAA safeguards.

HIPAA protects protected health information (PHI), including medical records and other individually identifiable health information, and the Security Rule specifically protects electronic PHI (ePHI).

HIPAA file sharing must follow Privacy Rule limits on PHI use and disclosure and apply Security Rule safeguards for ePHI, including administrative, physical, and technical controls for access and transmission security.

Define the security and access requirements first, then choose an approach that keeps data in approved storage and provides permission-based access with auditing.

Two-factor authentication lowers unauthorized access risk and supports HIPAA Security Rule authentication requirements by strengthening verification for users accessing ePHI.

Zero trust and least privilege limit access to only what a user needs, using strong identity checks, device and network signals, and continuous auditing rather than trusting internal networks.

Yes, HHS says covered entities and business associates can use public, hybrid, or private cloud services for ePHI if they have a HIPAA-compliant business associate agreement and manage risk appropriately.

MyWorkDrive sits in front of your existing storage and brokers access over HTTPS, so files stay in place while users authenticate through your identity provider and permissions are enforced.