Step-by-Step Guide For Choosing A HIPAA Compliant Cloud Computing Provider

Healthcare in the United States has quickly undergone a significant transformation. With the implementation of the HITECH Act of 2009, by the end of 2012 most office-based doctors – 72 percent – were using electronic medical records (EMRs), up from 48 percent in 2009. The Affordable Care Act, passed in March 2010, added another incentive for the market to adopt new technology by encouraging the creation of Accountable Care Organizations – coordinated care teams that share knowledge in order to provide the highest-quality treatment to patients.

Now, tasked with choosing the best way to store and back up electronic protected health information, or PHI, many healthcare technology companies and providers are looking at cloud computing. The technology has made the traditional onsite data- hosting model cost-prohibitive and obsolete by offering rapid server deployment, near instant scalability and greater redundancy than ever before. While the benefits are clear, there are security and compliance requirements unique to the healthcare industry that must be considered when adopting cloud technology.

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