Patient confidentiality is of utmost importance in every health care setting. With that in mind, HEALTHeWV Electronic Health Records system is designed to be HIPAA compliant with numerous mechanisms in place to ensure that all data is secure.

HIPAA’s privacy and security requirements cover identifying possible threats, assessing specific vulnerabilities, determining appropriate use and reasonable safeguards, and implementing necessary defense mechanisms and policies.

HEALTHeWV meets these requirements by addressing various physical and technical security issues, through policies, procedures, user training and education, and physical and technology infrastructure. HEALTHeWV staff members have completed HIPAA training.