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Inside the Vault: How data flows in TrueVault

by Sara Kassabian November 20, 2018

Virtually any business that works in the healthcare space will be accessing and managing health information. If personally identifiable information (PII) is linked with medical information, that data is considered protected health information (PHI), a special class of data that must be secured according to HIPAA standards. But building a HIPPA-compliant application requires expert knowledge in engineering for security as well as the law itself. There are few small businesses that have the...

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What is PHI?

by Sara Kassabian October 9, 2018

Last week, we broke down the working definitions of personally identifiable information (PII) as it applies to laws like GDPR and CCPA. But there are laws that extend even further beyond regulating how businesses can collect and store personally identifiable information (PII) when health information is involved.

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Comparing TrueVault and HIPAA Compliant Hosting Services

by Sara Kassabian September 25, 2018

Clients ask us a lot: What is the difference between TrueVault and HIPAA compliant hosts, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS)? The answer really comes down to risk. If you’re looking for a ready made solution to HIPAA compliance, use TrueVault. If you’re confident in your ability to build from scratch a secure and lawful platform that can store protected health information (PHI) — essentially, build your own version of TrueVault — then you’ll start with a HIPAA compliant host, such as AWS.

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Announcing Tokenization Engine

by Justin Gold September 18, 2018

Today, TrueVault is launching Tokenization Engine, a new feature of SecureVault, to help companies import healthcare data without the legal burden of HIPAA compliance. The Problem There is clear business value to leveraging health behavior data, but working with healthcare data can be problematic. If a company wishes to work with healthcare data, chances are this data includes Protected Health Information (PHI), a special class of data that requires compliance with HIPAA regulations because it...

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