Is an iframe for a HIPAA-compliant form still HIPAA-compliant if the iframe is used on a non-HIPAA-compliant website?

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Do externally-hosted forms in <iframe> tags pass any data through the internal server that is using the iframe?

For more context if my question isn't clear:

Assume I'm a healthcare provider using Jotform for lead-gen forms. Assume I'm on their HIPAA-compliant plan complete with a BAA signed. And I've created a form that can be embedded or used in an iframe. Assume I'm using Wordpress for my website and my Wordpress server is not HIPAA-compliant because it doesn't need to be—no PII of any kind passes through the servers whatsoever other than the standard IP addresses in logs.

If I use an iframe on my non-HIPAA-compliant Wordpress site to show a Jotform-hosted HIPAA-compliant form, is there any way the data input into the form would pass through the Wordpress server?

I've tried only using links directly to jotform in a new window, but have not tried "embedding" using an iframe.

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David Bradshaw On

The iframe will run completely independently of your WordPress server, WordPress will never be able to see any of the data entered into the form.