HIPAA compliance checklist for practices
✅ Provide regular staff training on phishing, passwords, and safe device use.
✅ Use only encrypted, HIPAA-compliant communication tools with signed BAAs.
✅ Require multifactor authentication and limit data access to “minimum necessary.”
✅ Keep all software, devices, and policies updated, including paper safeguards.
✅ Conduct regular risk assessments and audits, and document how you respond to issues.
✅ Extend protections to remote and hybrid staff just as you do inside the office.
✅ Treat compliance as ongoing, not one-and-done—review and adapt every year.
