Agent skill

Hipaa Mobile Health

by mukul975 in mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills

Addresses HIPAA compliance for mobile health (mHealth) applications, wearable devices, and remote patient monitoring.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedLegal & Compliance

Install Hipaa Mobile Health

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills --skill hipaa-mobile-health -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills hipaa-mobile-health --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/privacy/hipaa-mobile-health .claude/skills/hipaa-mobile-health && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
hipaa-mobile-health
GitHub stars
301
Token cost
~1.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
833 words
Files
5 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
Skills in repo
280
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Addresses HIPAA compliance for mobile health (mHealth) applications, wearable devices, and remote patient monitoring.

  • Works in 3 steps: Mobile devices used to access, receive,… → Lost or stolen unencrypted mobile… → The use of personal mobile devices…
  • Tasks that involve Healthcare and finance regulation
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Regulatory Framework, Mobile Device Security… and BYOD Policy Requirements, plus 3 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Hipaa Mobile Health is an agent skill from mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills. Addresses HIPAA compliance for mobile health (mHealth) applications, wearable devices, and remote patient monitoring. Covers OCR guidance on mobile device PHI, FDA-regulated mobile medical applications, FTC Health Breach Notification Rule for non-HIPAA apps, BYOD policies, and encryption requirements for ePHI on mobile platforms. Keywords: mHealth, mobile health, HIPAA mobile, wearable, remote monitoring, BYOD, mobile device management, app privacy.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `assets/template.md`, `references/standards.md` and `references/workflows.md`).

It sits in Legal & Compliance, covering Healthcare and finance regulation. The repository describes itself as: 282+ structured privacy & data protection skills for AI agents. GDPR, CCPA, EU AI Act, HIPAA, LGPD, PIPL, DPDP Act. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Healthcare and finance regulation

Example prompts

  • “Use the hipaa-mobile-health skill to address HIPAA compliance for mobile health (mHealth) applications, wearable devices, and remote patient…”
  • “/hipaa-mobile-health”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Mobile devices used to access, receive, transmit, or store ePHI must comply with Security Rule safeguards
  2. Lost or stolen unencrypted mobile devices containing ePHI constitute presumed breaches under the Breach Notification Rule
  3. The use of personal mobile devices (BYOD) does not exempt the entity from HIPAA compliance

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9b2ef9e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Hipaa Mobile Health loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 118 tokens; SKILL.md has 833 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~118
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.9k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~5.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills at commit 9b2ef9e, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mukul975). 833 words, ~1,863 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/hipaa-mobile-health/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
hipaa-mobile-health
description
Addresses HIPAA compliance for mobile health (mHealth) applications, wearable devices, and remote patient monitoring. Covers OCR guidance on mobile device PHI, FDA-regulated mobile medical applications, FTC Health Breach Notification Rule for non-HIPAA apps, BYOD policies, and encryption requirements for ePHI on mobile platforms. Keywords: mHealth, mobile health, HIPAA mobile, wearable, remote monitoring, BYOD, mobile device management, app privacy.
license
Apache-2.0
metadata.author
mukul975
metadata.version
1.0
metadata.domain
privacy
metadata.subdomain
healthcare-privacy
metadata.tags
hipaa, mobile-health, mhealth, wearable, remote-monitoring, byod, mobile-device, app-privacy

HIPAA Mobile Health — mHealth Privacy and Security

Overview

Mobile health (mHealth) encompasses the use of mobile devices, applications, wearable sensors, and remote patient monitoring systems to deliver healthcare services and manage health information. OCR has issued specific guidance on HIPAA compliance for mobile devices, recognizing that the proliferation of smartphones, tablets, and wearable health technology creates significant risks to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of ePHI. The regulatory landscape intersects HIPAA (for covered entities and business associates), FDA regulation (for mobile medical devices/software as a medical device), and FTC jurisdiction (for consumer health apps not covered by HIPAA).

Regulatory Framework

HIPAA Security Rule — Mobile-Relevant Provisions
  • §164.310(b): Workstation use — policies specifying the proper functions to be performed and the physical attributes of surroundings for workstations accessing ePHI (includes mobile devices)
  • §164.310(c): Workstation security — physical safeguards for workstations accessing ePHI to restrict access to authorized users
  • §164.310(d): Device and media controls — policies for receipt, removal, disposal, and re-use of hardware and electronic media containing ePHI
  • §164.312(a)(1): Access control — unique user identification, emergency access procedure, automatic logoff, encryption and decryption
  • §164.312(a)(2)(iv): Encryption and decryption (addressable) — encrypt ePHI stored on mobile devices
  • §164.312(d): Person or entity authentication — verify identity of persons seeking access via mobile
  • §164.312(e)(1): Transmission security — protect ePHI transmitted over wireless and cellular networks
OCR Mobile Device Guidance

OCR guidance emphasizes that the Security Rule applies to ePHI on all electronic media, including mobile devices. Key OCR positions:

  1. Mobile devices used to access, receive, transmit, or store ePHI must comply with Security Rule safeguards
  2. Lost or stolen unencrypted mobile devices containing ePHI constitute presumed breaches under the Breach Notification Rule
  3. The use of personal mobile devices (BYOD) does not exempt the entity from HIPAA compliance
FTC Health Breach Notification Rule (16 CFR Part 318)

For health apps and connected devices NOT covered by HIPAA:

  • Applies to vendors of personal health records and related entities
  • Expanded by FTC in 2023 to cover health apps, fitness trackers, and consumer wearables
  • Requires breach notification to consumers, FTC, and (for 500+ individuals) media
  • Violations subject to FTC enforcement (up to $50,120 per violation per day as of 2024)
FDA Mobile Medical Applications
  • FDA exercises enforcement discretion for most general wellness and health management apps
  • Software as a Medical Device (SaMD): FDA regulates apps that perform clinical decision support, diagnostic functions, or meet the definition of a medical device
  • FDA does NOT enforce HIPAA but PHI handling in FDA-regulated devices must still comply with HIPAA

Mobile Device Security Requirements

RequirementRegulationImplementation
Device encryption§164.312(a)(2)(iv)Full-disk encryption (AES-256) on all mobile devices accessing ePHI
Screen lock / auto-logoff§164.312(a)(2)(iii)Maximum 2-minute inactivity timeout; biometric or 6-digit PIN
Remote wipe capability§164.310(d)(2)(iii)MDM-enabled remote wipe for lost/stolen devices
Transmission encryption§164.312(e)(1)TLS 1.2+ for all data in transit; VPN for network access
App-level authentication§164.312(d)Per-app authentication for mHealth applications accessing ePHI
Malware protection§164.308(a)(5)(ii)(B)Mobile threat defense software; app vetting for sideloading
Audit logging§164.312(b)MDM audit trails for device access, app usage, data transfers
Data backup§164.308(a)(7)Automated backup of ePHI on mobile; exclude from consumer cloud backup
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BYOD Policy Requirements

For organizations permitting personal device use:

  1. Acceptable use policy: Define permitted PHI activities on personal devices
  2. MDM enrollment: Require mobile device management enrollment with containerization
  3. Separation of personal and work data: Use app-level containers or work profiles
  4. Minimum device standards: OS version requirements, jailbreak/root detection, encryption verification
  5. Offboarding: Remote wipe of organizational data upon termination; leave personal data intact
  6. Risk acceptance: Document that BYOD risk has been evaluated per §164.308(a)(1) risk analysis

Wearable and Remote Patient Monitoring

Device CategoryHIPAA ApplicabilityKey Privacy Considerations
Prescribed RPM devices (e.g., cardiac monitors)Yes — CE or BA processes PHIEncryption at rest and in transit; BAA with device vendor; patient consent for continuous monitoring
Provider-issued wearables (e.g., glucose monitors)Yes — CE or BA processes PHIData minimization; defined retention; secure transmission to EHR
Consumer wearables (e.g., Fitbit, Apple Watch)Only if data flows to CE/BAFTC Health Breach Notification Rule applies if non-HIPAA; HIPAA applies once data enters CE/BA systems
Clinical trial wearablesYes — research use of PHIIRB oversight; authorization or waiver; de-identification at earliest opportunity

Enforcement Examples

  • Lifespan Health System (2020): $1.04 million — unencrypted stolen laptop; OCR found systemic failure to encrypt ePHI on mobile devices despite multiple prior incidents
  • Children's Medical Center of Dallas (2017): $3.2 million — unencrypted BlackBerry lost in 2009 and unencrypted laptop stolen in 2013; OCR cited failure to implement encryption after risk analysis identified the risk
  • CardioNet (2017): $2.5 million — stolen unencrypted laptop containing ePHI; OCR found insufficient risk analysis and device/media controls for mobile devices

Integration Points

  • hipaa-security-rule: Mobile device requirements are a subset of Security Rule technical and physical safeguards
  • hipaa-risk-analysis: Mobile devices must be included in enterprise risk analysis scope
  • hipaa-breach-notification: Lost/stolen unencrypted mobile devices trigger breach assessment
  • hipaa-employee-training: Workforce training must cover mobile device PHI handling
  • hipaa-baa-management: BAAs required with MDM vendors, mHealth app vendors, and RPM device manufacturers that access PHI

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Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (scripts, references, assets) in skills/privacy/hipaa-mobile-health of mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • assets/template.md
  • references/standards.md
  • references/workflows.md
  • scripts/process.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9b2ef9e

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Questions about Hipaa Mobile Health

What does Hipaa Mobile Health do?

Addresses HIPAA compliance for mobile health (mHealth) applications, wearable devices, and remote patient monitoring. Hipaa Mobile Health is an agent skill from mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills. Addresses HIPAA compliance for mobile health (mHealth) applications, wearable devices, and remote patient monitoring.

When should I use Hipaa Mobile Health?

Hipaa Mobile Health fits situations like: tasks that involve Healthcare and finance regulation.

How do I install Hipaa Mobile Health in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills --skill hipaa-mobile-health -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/privacy/hipaa-mobile-health in mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills) into .claude/skills/hipaa-mobile-health in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Hipaa Mobile Health in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills --skill hipaa-mobile-health -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/privacy/hipaa-mobile-health in mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills) into .agents/skills/hipaa-mobile-health in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Hipaa Mobile Health in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills --skill hipaa-mobile-health -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/hipaa-mobile-health, .gemini/skills/hipaa-mobile-health, .github/skills/hipaa-mobile-health and .opencode/skills/hipaa-mobile-health in your project.

What does Hipaa Mobile Health need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Hipaa Mobile Health needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Hipaa Mobile Health access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Hipaa Mobile Health safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Hipaa Mobile Health use?

Hipaa Mobile Health is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Hipaa Mobile Health use?

About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Hipaa Mobile Health?

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Who maintains Hipaa Mobile Health?

mukul975 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills, which has 301 GitHub stars. The repository holds 280 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 16, 2026.

Source: mukul975/Privacy-Data-Protection-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.