The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created security standards for the electronic exchange of individuals' healthcare data, including Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI).  HIPAA compliance is a significant factor in everyday healthcare, impacting providers, insurance companies, pharmacies, medical equipment suppliers and all organizations that handle medical information.

HIPAA regulations require healthcare providers to track and document all disclosures of PHI and PII to any internal and external party that completes a request for information. Before sharing, all PHI and PII must be removed through a de-identification process. 

Redaction Protects Patient Privacy and Ensures Confidentiality

Electronic redaction is a safe and effective way to share medical records. ID Shield protects patient privacy and boosts productivity by automating the redaction of all sensitive data fields, significantly reducing the staff time it would take to manually black out PII and PHI.  With ID Shield, the original medical record remains unaltered and a new verion is created with burned-in redactions securely protecting all sensitive information.

Uses include:

• Outsourced/Offshored Claims Processing 
• Litigation
• Research