Verizon Expands HIPAA-Enabled Footprint, Portfolio of Data Center and Cloud Services

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., May 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- To help enable the healthcare industry to meet the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requirements for safeguarding electronic protected health information, Verizon is expanding its Healthcare Enabled Services to five additional data centers and offering a broader range of cloud and data center infrastructure services.

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