When we talk to leaders in the fields of home care, residential care, and long term care, a common concern is that of data privacy and security. Not only do they want to offer reassurance that their clients' health and personal information will be kept safe, but they are also legally bound to do so.
Healthcare providers are bound by the regulations of the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA in Canada) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA in the United States). As a “data processor” MemorySparx Connect enables our customers to meet these obligations with policies, processes, and systems that are built right into the product.
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My company’s mission is to pave the way on this. Open, secure and easy-to-use communication and information access tools that can be used by everyone who cares for and about people is the only way forward.”
- CEO Mary Pat Hinton
To that end, Dr. Tricia Barfoot is our full-time Privacy Officer and Data Scientist. In collaboration with our product development team, Dr. Barfoot works diligently with regulatory bodies and legal counsel to validate our practices and ensure they are kept up to date. Encryption, consent, permissions and privacy are all intrinsic parts of our product, by design. We facilitate organizations to maintain the privacy and security of the individual wherever we can, sometimes even beyond regulations/obligations.
Here are some ways in which we ensure a secure implementation of MemorySparx Connect:
Our policies and practices are modeled after those such as Health Shared Services, which follows HINP for their Client Health and Related Information System (CHRIS). We invite you to contact privacy@emmetros.com if you have additional questions regarding information security or service availability.