# HIPAA

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a framework that defines the security and privacy regulations required to protect sensitive patient health information. HIPAA caters to the healthcare industry. Zeron provides a total of 18 controls classified under 6 categories for the SOC2 framework. **The page for this module is made up of the following sections :**

* Dashboard
* Controls
* Policies

*(This page only provides an overview. To know more in-depth about each section, please click* [*here*](https://docs.zeron.one/docs/Compliance-Module/Layout/Layout-Preview)*)*

## Dashboard

An overview of the total number of controls and the percentage of those applied by the user can be seen in the *‘Dashboard’* section

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## Controls

The *‘Controls’* section provides the user with more details such as implementation guidance, recommended tools and category for each of the 18 controls under this framework

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Zeron also provides a table of *‘Recent Risks’* for all the controls that have been implemented

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## Policies

The *‘Policies’* section helps in tracking the implementation of the controls. **It is made up of two subsections :**

| Uploaded Policies                                                 | Pending Policies                                                 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Contains the list of controls that have been implemented to date. | Contains the list of controls that haven’t been implemented yet. |
| Used for editing or viewing the implemented controls.             | Used for implementing new controls.                              |
| ![](/files/VckA3xNulR5j8rehlXCD)                                  | ![](/files/8pVnGsWezGNcrwL7tP9H)                                 |

Clicking on a particular control provides more information about it

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To implement a new control, go to the *‘Pending Policies’* section and click on the edit icon on the right-hand side of the control you wish to implement

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Fill in the given form to successfully implement the control

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