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Which Boston Data Centers Are Best for Healthcare Clients? (SlideShare).
How do you select the right Boston data center for healthcare needs? Learn about data protection, managed hosting, and HIPPA-related issues.
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Which Boston Data Centers Are Best for Healthcare Clients? (SlideShare)
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Which Boston Data Centers Are
Best for Healthcare Clients?
2. Healthcare services generate a
considerable amount of
information these days.
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3. All of these digital assets, which include
emails, private communications, medical
tests results, and health records, must be
stored securely and in compliance with
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability) regulations.
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4. To achieve these goals and meet ever-
evolving compliance standards, many
local healthcare providers are turning
to Boston data centers for support.
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5. Data Protection
• To achieve these goals and meet ever-evolving
compliance standards, many local healthcare providers
are turning to Boston data centers for support.
• Any solution needs to be able to support hundreds of
terabytes of data and have the ability to scale.
• There also has to be an excellent uptime record, as
mission-critical applications require constant
availability and cannot tolerate downtime.
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6. Managed Hosting
• Data centers that will build and deploy managed
hosting solutions for their customers will increase
network efficiencies, safeguard confidential data from
damage or exposure, and offer the scalability needed to
accommodate varying data flow levels.
• Expert engineers will also manage the infrastructure
and ensure 24/7 availability, leaving the healthcare
client free to focus on patient support.
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7. HIPAA Compliance
The ideal provider will:
• Use AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) for data
stored in the cloud
• Have a strong and secure encryption-key management
system
• Use IPsec (Internet Protocol Security) or SSL/TLS
(Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security) when
transmitting data
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8. HIPAA Compliance
The ideal provider will:
• Have the ability to delete mirrored versions of any data
deleted from the cloud
• Apply audit controls that record and assess activity in
systems containing confidential health information
• Have security measures in place to guard against
unauthorized access to information transmitted over
electronic communication networks
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9. By helping to streamline efficiencies and
contributing to a hospital’s bottom line,
Boston data centers help medical offices
and hospitals provide the secure and
personalized experiences that foster
trusted relationships with patients.
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10. Are you a healthcare provider
located in Boston?
What services do you consider
absolutely essential for a data
center?
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11. Let us know your thoughts in the
Comments box below.
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