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Language Barriers: Protecting Your Organization From A Hidden HIPAA Threat

Keeping patient data confidential remains a challenge, with 45 million US citizens’ healthcare information compromised each year. Language translation for non-English speaking patients often results in breaches of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA), particularly through the use of free or outsourced translation services. Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN, suggests that adopting secure machine translation systems offers a solution to this issue.

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