What is HIPAA?
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a United States federal law that establishes standards to protect the privacy and security of protected health information. This includes requirements to maintain reasonable and appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of electronic protected health information (ePHI).
Three HIPAA Rules Establish Standards for Protecting Individuals’ Health Information
At Airtable, our product is designed to adhere to the three HIPAA Rules: Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification to ensure our customers can use our service in a HIPAA compliant manner.
HIPAA Privacy Rule
The HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes standards to protect individuals’ identifiable health information including “electronic protected health information” and standardizes appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of this information and limit the conditions on its usage and disclosure. For more information, please see: HIPAA Privacy Rule.
HIPAA Security Rule
The HIPAA Security Rule establishes standards to protect individuals’ electronic protected health information and requires appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and security of the electronic protected health information. For more information, please see: HIPAA Security Rule.
HIPAA Breach Notification Rule
The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule establishes guidelines to ensure that HIPAA Covered Entities and their Business Associates provide appropriate notifications following a breach of unsecured electronic protected health information. For more information, please see: HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.
Airtable Offerings to Support HIPAA
HIPAA is available on our Enterprise Scale Plan and customers will need to sign Airtable’s Business Associate Addendum. Additionally, we provide our Enterprise Scale customers with the following offerings to support your organization's HIPAA compliance.
Enterprise Key Management
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO)
Enterprise Audit Logs
Ensuring Compliance with HIPAA
Please navigate to the HIPAA Datasheet for a comprehensive guide of Airtable's functionality that aligns with HIPAA.