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Effective April 21, 2003, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) requires that the Healthcare industry protect the privacy of patient records and promote a national, uniform security standard for the secure electronic transmission of patient-identifiable information. All healthcare organizations are affected including health care providers, health plans, employers, public health authorities, life insurers, clearinghouses, billing agencies, information systems vendors, service organizations, and universities.

Non-compliance will result in severe civil and criminal penalties including fines up to $25,000 for multiple violations of the same standard in a calendar year, fines up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment up to 10 years for knowing misuse of individually identifiable health information.

HIPAA is specific in its intent, but does not identify devices or architectures that would be viewed by the government as sufficient to secure patient data.

3K Technologies deliver the solutions that healthcare providers and payers need to comply with HIPAA and implement reliable, scalable, end-to-end secure data networks.