Enacted into law in 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) includes five sections detailing data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding protected health information (PHI). Failure to comply with HIPAA can result in civil and criminal penalties. If a healthcare organization is unaware that its practices led to a HIPAA violation, the minimum civil penalty is $100 per violation, with an annual maximum of $25,000 for repeat violations. The maximum civil penalty is $50,000 per violation with an annual maximum of $1.5 million.

To help streamline workflows for healthcare organizations who use Epic Community Connect, Imprivata developed Imprivata for Community Connect (ICC), making the process of authenticating into the EHR platform easier and more secure for clinicians while also remaining DEA compliant for electronic prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS).

Technology integration will be on display at Cerner Health Conference

Lexington, Mass. – October 10, 2018—Imprivata®, the healthcare IT security company, today announced a new collaboration with ICU Medical Inc., a leader in the development, manufacture, and sale of innovative medical products used in infusion therapy and critical care applications, to enhance the security of medical devices. Working together, Imprivata and ICU Medical will develop solutions to identify users and improve physical security and cybersecurity for network-connected infusion pumps.