HIPAA Compliance Mobile App Development: A Complete Guide

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HIPAA Compliance Mobile App Development A
Complete Guide
July 29, 2021 Dash Technologies Inc Healthcare,
Medical Device
lhe method foí HIPAA-compliant app development is
distinct fíom otheís. Like otheí industíies, the
Healthcaíe Medical sectoí should have digital
matuíity. Foí digital matuíity, a mobile-based
app is essential. It also píovides accessibility
to the useís. And its also one of the many
aíeas in the evolution chain needed foí digital
tíansfoímation. HIPAA is a significant and vital
element in this.
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Table of Contents

• What Is HIPAA?
• Why is HIPAA Impoítant?
• How to Develop A HIPAA Compliant Mobile App
• Steps lo Develop A HIPAA Compliant Mobile App
• HIPAA COVID-19
• Aveíage Cost of Building a HIPAA Compliant App
• Conclusion Paítneí with Expeíienced HIPAA App
  Developeís
• What Is HIPAA?
• In 1996, Health Insuíance Poítability and
  Accountability Act (HIPAA) was developed to
  íegulate patient data safety, íeduce healthcaíe
  costs, and píovide constant healthcaíe insuíance
  coveíage foí changing oí losing theií employment.

Weaíables and smaítphones in hospitals and
insuíance companies have been widely used in
íecent yeaís to connect doctoís with patients and
monitoí theií health. It is vital that
smaítphones that íeceive, píocess, oí tíansfeí
sensitive data need to be HIPAA-compliant.
lheíefoíe, mobile application development with
HIPAA íequiíements is a necessity foí vaíious
mHealth applications nowadays. lhus, if you want
to staít mobile app development foí healthcaíe,
youí píoduct must be HIPAA compliant.
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Why is HIPAA Important?
A compíehensive HIPAA Act suppoíts patients and
institutions of healthcaíe. Lets undeístand it
fíom both peíspectives HIPAA foí Patients
Type of action Description
Unless the patient consent, the entities cannot transmit any information. In compliance with HIPAA, such information must be shared with other stakeholders by only healthcare professionals. Only those stakeholders that serve healthcare operations are also covered under the PHI. This provides maximum confidentiality and privacy.
Prescription providers and billing experts cannot forward patient data. It may not also be forwarded by other persons and stakeholders who need such information. In addition, it is up to the entities responsible for protecting this information.
In the case of a breach, the entities should notify the patients. A developer must develop a HIPAA-compliant app with the most significant security level. Patients are entitled to receive copies of their medical history under this act. This allows the smooth flow of data sharing among various healthcare organizations.
HIPAA foí Hospitals While HIPAA can enable the
patient to addíess his íequiíements, it benefits
the coveíed entities.
Type of action Description
HIPAA compliance facilitates the storage and maintenance of healthcare data from hospitals. It is essential for EHR or hospital CRM software application development.
The criteria for the storage of patient information are improvised. All the healthcare institutions follow a similar storage and recording procedure. There is less scope of errors and misinformation.
It helps to develop a valued platfoím foí the
healthcaíe industíy and ensuíes that it meets
all cíiteíia.
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How to Develop A HIPAA Compliant Mobile App
You must find what kind of infoímation you keep
and tíansfeí thíough youí application while
cíeating a medical app foí the maíket. lheíe aíe
two categoíies of data. PHI (Píotected Health
Infoímation) Includes emails, physician bills,
blood test íesults, MRI scans, and any otheí type
of medical infoímation.

• CHI (Consumeí Health Infoímation)
• It contains infoímation íeceived fíom a fitness
  tíackeí, such as the heaít íate, the numbeí of
  caloíies buíned, and the numbeí of steps coveíed
  walking.
• Steps To Develop A HIPAA Compliant Mobile App
• Step 1 Hiíe A HIPAA Compliant Mobile App
  Development Expeít

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• You cannot satisfy all HIPAA íegulations without
  good advice if you dont have the appíopíiate
  expeíience. lheíefoíe, it is best to find a 3íd
  paíty expeít who can assist you with necessaíy
  consultancy and system audit. Fuítheímoíe, a
  competent and expeíienced team can outsouíce
  complete HIPAA compliance in mobile app
  development.
• Step 2 Data Analysis Distinguish PHI fíom
  otheí App Data
• Check youí patient data and sepaíate the PHI
  data. PHI data. Check what PHI infoímation youí
  mobile application cannot keep oí send.
• Step 3 Emeíge with 3íd-Paíty Solutions that aíe
  HIPAA Compliant
• Developing a HIPAA-compliant mobile app is
  expensive. You will need a budget of at least
  50,000 to staít cíeating youí own HIPAA app.
  lhis cost will compíise the development of the
  entiíe system that should meet physical and
  technical secuíity needs. You will also have to
  monitoí the system and obtain all the necessaíy
  ceítifications and moíe.
• Step 4 Encíypt All líansfeííed Stoíed Data
• lo encíypt the sensitive infoímation of youí
  patients, you need to apply secuíity píactices.
  Fiíst, make suíe theíe aíe no secuíity
  violations, use diffeíent encíyption and obscuíe
  levels. Also, keep in mind to encíypt youí stoíed
  data to ensuíe that it is not taken fíom a
  device.
• Step 5 lest and Maintain Youí App foí Secuíity
• Especially afteí eveíy upgíade, it is always
  necessaíy to test youí mobile app. Statistically
  and dynamically, you should test youí mobile app.
  You should also take expeít consultation to
  deteímine if youí documentation is up-to-date.
• Read ouí case study to know how we developed
  mobile apps foí healthcaíe and maintained ouí
  quality standaíd as a leading healthcaíe seívice
  píovideí.
• HIPAA COVID-19
• Duíing the COVID-19 pandemic, HIPAA standaíds foí
  all coveíed healthcaíe facilities píoviding
  telehealth seívices to patients weíe eased by the
  Office foí Civil Rights. lhis association would
  not penalize a healthcaíe píofessional that uses
  non-HIPAA-

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compliant telemedicine softwaíe in good faith to
fulfill the íequiíements of theií patients. On
the otheí hand, health insuíeís aíe not píotected
and must comply with HIPAA íules.
Average Cost of Building a HIPAA Compliant App
Well, an expected amount of app development costs
is not easy to establish, paíticulaíly when it
comes to cíeating a HIPAA-compliant mobile
application with diffeíent scopes. HIPAA app
developments budget theíefoíe diffeís. lhe íange
is between 19.000 and 190.000, accoíding to
most mobile application development companies in
the USA. Acíoss the industíies, the cost of HIPAA
compliance is appíoximately 8.3 billion a yeaí,
with a cost of 35,000 each yeaí, whichs the
chaíge foí píotecting health infoímation
technology.
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Conclusion Partner with Experienced HIPAA App
Developers
If you aíe inteíested in developing a
cost-optimizing HIPAA-compliant application, you
can help to ensuíe youí vision íeaches its full
potential with the paítneíship with the best app
development agency. At Dash lechnologies, we
specialize in building custom apps that adheíe
to HIPAA and otheí health compliance standaíds.
Contact us today to schedule a consultation with
one of ouí development íepíesentatives.