About HIPAA
In 1996, Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act ("HIPAA"). HIPAA was designed to reduce
the administrative costs of healthcare, to promote the confidentiality
and portability of patient records, to develop standards for consistency
in the health care industry, and to provide an incentive for electronic
communications.
HIPAA applies to any health care providers, health plans
and clearinghouses (collectively "Covered Entities") that electronically
maintain or transmit health information pertaining to individuals.
Covered Entities must have appropriate measures that address the physical,
technical and administrative components of patient data privacy.
With the exception of small health plans, all Covered
Entities must have data security standards in place by April 21, 2005.
Small health plans are exempted until April 21, 2006.
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AIS online backup helps your health organization meet
HIPAA compliance requirements.
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- All data, including patient and billing records
are encrypted before they leave your computers and are never accessible
without your encryption key. In addition, data transfers over
the Internet are encrypted using SSL technology.
- Encrypted data is stored in state-of-the-art redundant
data centers.
- Backups and restores are automated, eliminating
the need for manual data handling.
- Detailed logs store information of each file backed
up and restored, creating audit trails.
- CDs and DVDs of data are available for additional
archiving.
Learn more about the security features of AIS .
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