HIPAA compliance sounds daunting, but most of it comes down to controlling who can see PHI, keeping an audit trail, and protecting data in transit and at rest.

What the rules require

You need role-based access, encryption, business-associate agreements with vendors, breach procedures, and a complete audit log of who touched what and when.

Secure by design

A modern EHR should handle the heavy lifting: granular access policies, encrypted storage, signed BAAs, and audit events on every action, so compliance is the default, not a scramble.