Tag: PHI

Today, we made available a new feature in AWS Artifact (our auditing and compliance portal) that enables you to review, accept, and track the status of your Business Associate Addendum (BAA). With this new feature, you can accept the terms of a BAA online, and instantly designate an AWS account as a “HIPAA Account” for use with […]

Over the years, we have seen tremendous growth in the use of the AWS Cloud for healthcare applications. Our customers and AWS Partner Network (APN) Partners who offer solutions that store, process, and transmit Protected Health Information (PHI) sign a Business Associate Addendum (BAA) with AWS. As part of the AWS HIPAA compliance program, customers and […]

We are pleased to announce that the following four AWS services have been added in recent weeks to the AWS Business Associate Agreement (BAA): Amazon API Gateway (excluding the use of Amazon API Gateway caching) Amazon SQS AWS Database Migration Service AWS Direct Connect As with all HIPAA Eligible Services covered under the BAA, Protected Health […]

In a previous blog post, Frequently Asked Questions About HIPAA Compliance in the AWS Cloud, I looked at some of the broad questions you have asked us about running protected health information (PHI) in the AWS cloud. In this blog post, I will take a closer look at the more technical questions we hear from […]