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ant with, and they are pretty labor-intensive
in terms of getting our data into the research
record so that we can even share our publication in a compliant way.”
Protecting patient privacy and upholding HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act) laws to secure patient
data are other challenges facing the industry.
There are currently 75 different requirements
that fall under the HIPAA umbrella, and every
health-care organization is responsible for the
protection of their patients’ data.
Privacy, however, is nothing new, and is already being dealt with in EMRs. To store patient
these massive amounts of patient information,
organizations are migrating from physical storage devices to the cloud – raising even more
questions about security and privacy.
Cloud storage systems assign providers,
research staff, and even patients with different
levels of permissions, allowing them to securely
access EMRs and retrieve crucial patient health
information while maintaining HIPAA compliance. However, this system does require extra
trai