HIPAA · FILE SHARING WITH QIATA

Confidential health information.
Shared with control.

Your team needs a clear route for sharing health information. Qiata combines selected access and traceable transfers with operation on your own infrastructure as a technical foundation for your security processes.

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YOUR FILES. YOUR CONTROL.

A defined route for sensitive documents.

Your own infrastructureOperation within your IT

Selected accessRecipients and protection options

Traceable sharingStatus and transfer activity

Understanding the HIPAA Security Rule.

The HIPAA Security Rule addresses the protection of electronic protected health information, or ePHI, by covered entities and their business associates. It includes administrative, physical and technical safeguards for confidentiality, integrity and availability. Secure file transfer is one part of the overall operational and protection framework.

HHS: The HIPAA Security Rule

TECHNICAL BUILDING BLOCKS FOR YOUR PROCESS

How Qiata supports you.

Limit access to intended people

Choose recipients, expiry dates and available protection options for a transfer. User and group permissions also determine which actions are possible in Qiata. Administrators configure the permitted features.

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Protection in transit and at rest

Qiata supports HTTPS connections and administratively configured AES-256 file encryption. The active configuration, certificates and security level of your infrastructure form part of the specific technical assessment.

Encryption and configuration

Monitor transfer activity

Status and available activity make sharing within a transfer traceable. This information can support your control and review procedures. Retention and evaluation are defined as part of operations.

Activity and transparency

A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE

Documents for coordinated collaboration.

An authorised team provides selected health documents to a named recipient. Access and protection options are set to suit the task; responsible people review the transfer and handle questions through the defined process.

Clarify responsibility and permitted recipients
Provide the transfer with the required protection options
Include activity and further use in the process

TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANISATION

What your use case involves.

Risks and responsibilities

Assess the specific data flows and access risks. This includes user management, infrastructure, training, security incidents and regular review of your safeguards.

Contracts with participants

Assess which participants qualify as business associates and which agreements are required for the actual services and data flows. The location of your own server is only one part of that assessment.

Operation and evidence

Document the chosen configuration and review it during operation. Updates, backups, permissions and incident handling belong in your organisational procedures.

Frequently asked questions about HIPAA and Qiata.

Does using Qiata automatically establish HIPAA compliance?

The assessment concerns your specific use, including technical configuration, organisational measures and contracts. The product features described here provide technical building blocks for that assessment.

Does locally operated Qiata require a Business Associate Agreement?

This depends on the companies involved and the services actually provided. Assess who processes protected health information in your specific use case and which contractual requirements follow.

YOUR NEXT STEP

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