Mobile access to patient data or Protected Health Information (PHI) is of paramount importance. While the backend is already digitized using EMR (Electronic Medical Record) systems, the last mile is mostly manual using pen and paper or other offline means of data management. Modern health care requires that the care team has immediate access to patient information.
PHI is part of the HIPAA Privacy rule and protects most “individually identifiable health information” held or transmitted by a covered entity or its business associate, in any form or medium, whether electronic, on paper, or oral. This requires that mobile and web applications enabling this access are ultra-secure and handle the information accordingly.
