HIPAA compliant storage management is fundamentally concerned with few important qualities that you must follow. The main point the health organization should understand is that the privacy of a person is preserved with utmost confidentiality and the data is accessible quickly in any situation. Following three qualities are required for HIPAA compliant storage.
- Data Integrity : Means, data storage is done in the most systematic manner . There shouldn't be any data duplication in the system. All storage must be optimized for reduced database usage. Integrity is can be technically associated with the concepts of 'normalization' followed in the database i.e. database tables will be designed with special attention to avoid data duplication, in fact the actual data will be stored in one place although it could be accessed and displayed in several places.
- Availability of Data : In a medical environment the data should be available even if any contingencies happen suddenly. One solution is storing data off-site in some other environment and taking automated back-ups every day.
- Confidentiality : The patient data electronic Patient Health Record ( ePHR ) must be stored in a secure environment, protected from external intrusion attempts and encrypting on the fly. Only the permitted data must be accessible to people permitted to access it.
In IT the technologies used to implement these features change rapidly over time. However, choosing a good one working fine for the past few years would be fine.
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