As we see the advent of Healthtech, a question that every entrepreneur has in mind while building the platform is whether it is HIPAA compliant or not. While we do recommend having your software audited for compliance by an expert, here are some of the things that you can get done when you use AWS as a backend for any healthcare app.
To increase operational efficiency a lot of businesses are using cloud providers like Amazon Web Services to manage their IT infrastructure. A huge number of healthcare providers today use the AWS cloud to store, process, and send protected health information (PHI) under HIPAA regulations.
HIPAA compliance in AWS makes a secure environment for the maintenance and retention of sensitive health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). To start using AWS HIPAA-compliant cloud storage, a healthcare company must sign a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with AWS. It covers the security, control, and administrative processes mentioned in HIPAA.
AWS offers an extensive AWS HIPAA services list to develop scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant HIPAA solutions that can serve an unlimited number of healthcare use cases. In this article, we will cover aspects of building HIPAA-compliant software.
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