# Automating HIPAA Compliance | Secureframe

> Learn how automation simplifies and streamlines HIPAA compliance, and find out what security and privacy compliance software can (and can’t) do. 

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Automation is fundamentally changing the data security and privacy landscape. It can help you work more efficiently and effectively, reducing manual effort and error.

This is true of HIPAA automation. With a security and compliance automation platform, you can create and distribute the right policies and procedures, deliver and track employee training, automate HIPAA evidence collection, and manage vendors and business associates with access to PHI.  

Whether you’re working towards HIPAA compliance or trying to find an easier way to maintain it, it’s important to understand what [HIPAA compliance automation](https://secureframe.com/frameworks/hipaa) can (and can’t) do.

## Advanced: I need to maintain compliance

**You’re a HIPAA pro. **

At this point, you’ve already satisfied the requirements for HIPAA. You’re busy monitoring and improving your administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, training employees, and keeping your policies and processes up-to-date. 

In this section, we’ll talk about how compliance automation software can simplify and streamline some of those tasks, saving you valuable time and resources.

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## What is HIPAA compliance automation?

Security and privacy compliance automation streamlines the entire process of achieving and maintaining compliance with HIPAA and many other data privacy laws. 

Instead of writing HIPAA policies from scratch, grabbing screenshots to use as evidence, and manually keeping your evidence of compliance up-to-date, Secureframe’s compliance automation software enables you to:

- Automate HIPAA evidence collection
- Scan and secure your cloud infrastructure automatically
- Track that all applicable employees have completed HIPAA training
- Manage vendors and business associates with access to PHI