Validic can be HIPAA compliant when a HIPAA Covered Entity or Business Associate signs a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement with Validic for the applicable services and then configures, governs, and uses the platform so electronic protected health information is handled under HIPAA Privacy Rule, HIPAA Security Rule, and HIPAA Breach Notification Rule requirements.
HIPAA compliance depends on contract scope and operational controls. A HIPAA Business Associate Agreement is required when a vendor creates, receives, maintains, or transmits protected health information on behalf of a regulated healthcare organization. Validic indicates it will sign a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement for customers with regulated use cases, which establishes the contractual basis for permitted uses and disclosures, safeguard obligations, breach reporting, and subcontractor controls tied to the services in scope.
Validic’s platform commonly supports ingestion and exchange of patient-generated health data from connected devices and digital health applications. These workflows can involve identifiers, device data, timestamps, care program enrollment status, and clinical context that can constitute protected health information when linked to an identifiable individual. Implementation decisions determine where protected health information is stored, how it flows to downstream systems such as electronic health record environments, and which workforce members can access or export it.
Validic publishes protected health information handling language in its Data Security Policy, including the statement, “Where a Business Associate Agreement or similar contract relating to PHI is in place, Validic staff members work under the terms of that agreement.” That statement describes an internal operating expectation, not an automatic permission to use any feature for protected health information. Regulated organizations still need documented configurations and procedures that control integrations, retention, user provisioning, access reviews, and incident response.
A HIPAA-aligned Validic deployment requires data minimization consistent with the HIPAA Minimum Necessary Rule, restrictions on free-text fields that can capture unneeded clinical detail, and governance over exports and third-party connections that replicate protected health information outside the covered service scope. The organization’s risk analysis and vendor management process should confirm which Validic services are covered by the executed HIPAA Business Associate Agreement and which data pathways are permitted for the intended use case.