HIPAA Data Backup and Storage Policy Template

When it comes to your data, you want to make sure you have the right plan in place. That’s where our HIPAA Data Backup and Storage Policy Template comes in – designed to help organizations secure their critical data and stay compliant with HIPAA regulations. Our template outlines what data should be backed up and defines when backups should occur as part of a risk analysis to determine potential threats.

This template can help any organization implement meaningful backup strategy that meets all of its security requirements. Once implemented, you can rest easy knowing your data – which is a key asset for any business – is properly protected and secured in the event it becomes lost, destroyed, or corrupted.

SAMPLE TEXT: ENTITY NAME has adopted this Data Backup and Storage Policy in order to recognize the requirement to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (“HITECH”) Act of 2009 (Title XIII of division A and Title IV of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act “ARRA”) and the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule (Effective Date: March 26, 2013). We acknowledge that full compliance with the HIPAA Final Rule is required by or before September 23, 2013.

ENTITY NAME hereby acknowledges our duty and responsibility to protect the privacy and security of Individually Identifiable Health Information (“IIHI”) generally, and Protected Health Information (“PHI”) as defined in the HIPAA Regulations, under the regulations implementing HIPAA, other federal and state laws protecting the confidentiality of personal information, and under principles of general and professional ethics. We also acknowledge our duty and responsibility to support and facilitate the timely and unimpeded flow of health information for lawful and appropriate purposes.

Each of our HIPAA templates are in Microsoft Word (.docx) format for easy editing. Each template is guaranteed to be fully HIPAA & HITECH compliant when properly implemented.