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Updated HIPAA Whitepaper Now Available
To provide guidance about how to leverage Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop applications that meet HIPAA and HITECH compliance requirements, we recently updated the Architecting for HIPAA Security and Compliance on Amazon Web Services whitepaper.
The advancements and growth of healthcare technology have been an accelerating force behind the continued adoption of cloud computing, creating exciting new horizons for research and patient care. However, these innovative and creative healthcare programs can be difficult to drive to technical completion within the framework of federal standards.
This whitepaper provides information about how to use AWS’s HIPAA-eligible services to architect HIPAA solutions, and encrypt and protect data in the AWS cloud. It also gives guidance around the use of AWS Key Management Service for encryption of personal health information (PHI) and outlines auditing, backup, and disaster recovery considerations.
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