The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) required the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop regulations protecting the privacy and security of certain health information.
HIPAA states that healthcare providers must implement “physical measures, policies and procedures to protect a covered entity’s electronic information systems and related buildings and equipment from natural and environmental hazards, and unauthorized intrusion.”
It could include validating a person’s need to access certain information or include the use of privacy filters to help give organizations more flexibility to place devices in locations that maximize productivity while helping to protect sensitive information from side-angle views.
