HIPAA Compliant Cloud Hosting

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) enables cloud users to utilize a database without any configuration or database administration. Amazon RDS is an excellent solution for healthcare organizations building robust healthcare applications. Amazon RDS is HIPAA eligible, and may be used to store protected health information (PHI). Users only pay for the use of Amazon services, and in-return can utilize Amazon Aurora, Oracle Database, SQL Server, and other native DB engines. Before using AWS RDS to store PHI and production data, must configure specific administrative and technical safeguards to comply with HIPAA regulations. Amazon RDS HIPAA Compliance Amazon RDS can be used as a HIPAA compliant database provided the organization configures necessary security controls within AWS and RDS. Organizations are required to set technical safeguards and manage database operational concerns in RDS including: Manage permissions and system access Audit logging Encryption sta...

HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It is a standard set by the authorities to protect patient’s sensitive data. Every healthcare firm that handles patient’s data must abide by the act. HealthcareHIPAA compliance hosting demands administrative, physical & technical safeguards to be in place. A healthcare firm must meet HIPAA data protection requirements to comply with standards set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. To ensure the integrity of Protected Health Information (PHI), three safeguards must be in place. These include: Administrative Safeguard – This safeguard implies that any potential vulnerabilities and risk associated with the integrity of PHI must be dealt with immediately. Administrative safeguard is set to monitor the system and eliminate any threat to the patient’s sensitive information. Technical safeguard – Encryption, decryption, automatic log off, unique user IDs and other access...