Protection of medical information - Patients Details
Medical information is considered as “sensitive personal data” and it may be stored in the system, in a component called “SOAP”. The SOAP component has now been enhanced to be encoded at rest so that no one can have access to this information, even if they break into the user’s system, or even into SimplyBook.me servers UNLESS they have the secret key. This key can be kept on an USB drive, or in a computer’s folder - but never on the SimplyBook.me servers. Just make sure that the computer is well protected, so that if it is stolen, thieves would not have easy access to the hard disk. Same applies to the USB drive, this can also be encrypted with a code that only you remember.
HIPAA FEATURE: For users that want to harden security even more, the HIPAA Custom Feature is available to the Standard and Premium Subscriptions. This allows users to set automatic system log out after predefined time, like 20 minutes after the system was being used. It also allows users to get notifications upon each login into the system. Furthermore, this feature disables personal data to be sent over email or SMS, it removes client’s and service names from these notifications, making it harder for snoopers to see personal data.