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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) were adopted by the United States government in 1996 to improve the flow of information regarding medical treatment as well as how individuals and medical professionals manage personally identifiable information.
Protected health information (PHI) is required by law to be maintained in a safe and secure location. Is this place available online? The medical expert must offer the information in the format chosen by the patient, which might be a digital file or a paper copy.
Nexcopy’s Secure Disk is a HIPAA compliant USB flash drive that medical personnel may use to store protected health information (PHI) about patients (PHI).
Secure Disk is a technology that both encrypts and conceals patient information. To access this partition, you must enter a password. When linked to a computer, the hidden partition vanishes into thin air. The secret partition will become active when the right password is entered, and digital health information will be shown.
The USB stick’s chipset manages the Secure Disk secret partition. The actual components of a technical object give the most protection, not the software.
As medical professionals began to depend more heavily on electronic records and other kinds of technology to keep and monitor patient information, it became increasingly vital for them to secure patient medical data. The federal government of the United States created these measures in direct response to the necessity. The HIPAA Act is the result of these legislative efforts (HIPAA). Nexcopy determined that none of the offline storage methods it investigated were simple, low-tech, or user-friendly. Nexcopy designed Secure Disk with these three factors in mind. Each component is described more below:
Simple: The most recent protection technologies are always provided.
Low Technology: There is no need for user credentials or cloud storage. It is a solution that is only available offline.
User Friendly: Nexcopy made the sign-in procedure easier for people who aren’t tech adept.
The HIPAA-compliant USB flash drive safeguards patients’ medical records. Windows is compatible with Secure Disk flash devices (Windows 7 and later). Neither Apple nor Linux are presently supported (in development).
When a USB drive is withdrawn from a computer, the hidden partitions on that disk are immediately activated, making accidental access more difficult. This protects the hidden division from being opened by accident. Users can exit Secure Disk even if the device is still attached to the host computer.
Why Is HIPAA Compliance Necessary For Healthcare Providers?
In the event of a HIPAA breach, a healthcare provider may face large fines and the loss of government subsidies. To avoid fines, businesses must comply with HIPAA. HIPAA compliance refers to the steps that covered entities must take to protect and safeguard patient PHI.
The bulk of violations is the result of careless employees. The purpose is to reduce the number of basic errors committed by such employees. By requiring staff to use a secure disk to transfer patient information, the organization assures that it is secured from cyberattacks, data breaches, and the unprotected transmission of protected health information (PHI).
Takeaway
HIPAA was intended to protect a patient’s protected health information (PHI) (PHI). Nexcopy’s HIPAA compliant USB flash drive reduces the dangers associated with exposure. Nexcopy appears to have the most cutting-edge technology for the offline storage of medical records.
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