Protected Health Information is not just another data category. In healthcare, PHI carries the patient's story, risk, identity, treatment context, and trust in the systems that handle their care.

This article frames PHI as both a compliance responsibility and an infrastructure design constraint. Secure healthcare workflows need systems that treat privacy, access control, auditability, and operational reliability as product requirements from the beginning.

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