If you’re testing or scoping an HL7 interface, you need to use realistic data. Realistic data means production-like data: customizations, Z-segments, and non-standard field lengths. Without realistic data, you risk missing interfacing issues until it’s too late – and delaying delivery.
But actually using production data is a recipe for disaster. Caristix Cloak gives you a quick, easy way to de-identify data. That is, you remove sensitive personal information from HL7 messages, so you can test with real data, safely.
Caristix Cloak removes sensitive patient data from HL7 messages, while leaving clinical workflows intact. With Cloak, providers can follow HIPAA PHI policies and procedures and eliminate one source of data breaches.
Even with Business Associate agreements in place, sharing patient data can be fraught with security issues. Cloak lets vendors remove sensitive information when working with provider data for testing or analytics. Reinforce the data security policies and procedures you already have in place.
Internally generated healthcare information breaches are surprisingly common, and the overall economic impact of a breach on a provider organization can be upwards of $2 million. The best way to prevent breaches is to make them impossible – by removing sensitive data from HL7 messages.
All 18 HIPAA identifiers are categories of data that must be protected. Besides easily recognized personal information, care must be given to protect device identifiers and even IP addresses. Cloak’s de-identification techniques cover all 18 identifiers.
In the last chapter, we explained what to aim for in test messages and message samples. Next you need to map out your processes and workflows to understand how your [...]
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