# truevault-safe/hipaa-compliance-developers-guide

A developers guide to HIPAA compliance and application development.

Repository: https://github.com/truevault-safe/hipaa-compliance-developers-guide
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hipaa-compliance-developers-guide
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-03-14T05:16:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4480, "days_push": 1268, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1749, forks 195 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:31.026648+00:00)

## What it is
An open-source developers guide explaining HIPAA compliance requirements for application development in plain language. It is a documentation/educational resource, not software.

## Use cases
- understand HIPAA rules before building a healthcare app
- learn what HIPAA means for developers
- check if my app needs to be HIPAA compliant
- learn HIPAA terminology like PHI and BAA
- guide for building HIPAA-compliant software
- explain HIPAA Security Rule requirements for engineers

## When to choose
- you are a developer or product team new to HIPAA building healthcare-related software
- you want a plain-language overview of the four HIPAA rules without legal jargon
- you need a free reference to share with an engineering team

## When to avoid
- you need legal advice or a compliance certification - this guide explicitly is not legal counsel
- you need up-to-date guidance on recent regulatory changes, as the guide was last updated in 2023
- you need tooling or code that enforces compliance rather than explains it

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, security, privacy
- domain: healthcare, security, developer-tools, documentation
- platform: -
- tags: hipaa, compliance, guide, healthcare-software, regulations, web-server

## Member repositories
- truevault-safe/hipaa-compliance-developers-guide (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:31.026648+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:28:47.885703+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/truevault-safe/hipaa-compliance-developers-guide (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:31.026648+00:00, sha ba0c643d8e9e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.