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giaourtoday at 7:22 PM0 repliesview on HN

It's been a few years since I worked in this space, but HIPAA doesn't really work under the same kind of legal framework. Oversimplifying here, but basically HIPAA defines what constitutes personal health information, how such information may be used, and establishes monetary penalties for improper use and unauthorized disclosure. The law doesn't have any certification standard, no more than the prohibition on stealing cars does.

Maybe there's some kind of third party certification system to support signing information sharing agreements ("BAAs") with other health information systems. I worked at CMS on first-party stuff so I'm not really familiar with how it works in the private sector.