Since Paubox is a Business Associate to thousands of customers, we’ve been wondering if they are able to use Monday.com in a HIPAA compliant manner. In fact, we've noticed more vendors, customers, and prospects asking about HIPAA compliant services. This is especially true now as we see an accelerated, long overdue adoption of digital transformation in healthcare.
We know the HIPAA industry is vast, so we can empathize with just how many people need to use cloud services in this sector. Today we will determine if Monday.com offers HIPAA compliant service or not.
Monday.com is a team management platform that connects people to workplace processes and tools. Monday.com was started by 2010 by Wix as an internal tool. Two years later, it was spun out of Wix as a separate company. The company has offices in New York and Tel Aviv.
A Business Associate is a person or company that performs certain functions or activities that involve the use or disclosure of protected health information (PHI) for a Covered Entity. In a nutshell, the role of a Business Associate is to help Covered Entities comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
Read full article: What does it mean to be a Business Associate?
If a Business Associate provides services to a Covered Entity, then a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) must be in place. A BAA is a written contract between a Covered Entity and a Business Associate and is required by law for HIPAA compliance. At a minimum, a Business Associate Agreement contains 10 provisions.
Read full article: Business Associate Agreement Provisions
From these pages, we can see that:
See Also: Is Asana a HIPAA Compliant Cloud Service?
Conclusion: Monday.com is a HIPAA compliant project and team management service. Make sure you have the correct plan to qualify.