The presence and value of Cloud tools have seeped into virtually every industry, and the medical profession is certainly no exception. However, because of the special rules regarding patient privacy, specifically those found in HIPAA, people handling patient information must follow specific guidelines that in many cases, are violated by standard cloud services.
Of course many services claim HIPAA compliance in order to attract healthcare clients, however, an approved “HIPAA certification” doesn’t exist for cloud services.
