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Secure backup of health records

Purpose

1.1. Ensure continuous, compliant, and secure preservation of all electronic health records (EHR), allergy diagnostic results, immunology procedures, and patient communications.
1.2. Facilitate automated, auditable backups to mitigate data loss, meet HIPAA and regional data protection requirements, and support easy retrieval for audits or patient requests.
1.3. Strengthen resilience against ransomware, system failures, and accidental deletions via scheduled or event-driven multipoint replication.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Hourly, daily, or custom frequency schedule as per clinic policy.
2.2. Upon modification or creation of any patient health record in EHR.
2.3. Prior to software/system updates in health information systems.
2.4. Before and after scheduled server maintenance/downtime.
2.5. Triggered on alerts from security systems indicating potential threats.

Platform Variants

3.1. Google Cloud Storage
• Feature/Setting: "JSON key upload" and "Coldline bucket" configuration for secure, infrequent-access backup.
3.2. Microsoft Azure Blob
• Feature/Setting: "Blob Snapshot API" for versioned backup of health files and secure role-based access.
3.3. Amazon S3
• Feature/Setting: "PutObject" API with "S3 Glacier" lifecycle rule for cost-effective archiving; use "Server-Side Encryption".
3.4. Box for Business
• Feature/Setting: "Box API: Upload File" with retention policies and access restrictions.
3.5. Dropbox Business
• Feature/Setting: "FilesUpload" API with file event webhooks and team folders.
3.6. OneDrive for Business
• Feature/Setting: "DriveItem: createUploadSession" with encryption and medical compliance settings.
3.7. Egnyte
• Feature/Setting: Egnyte "File Upload API" with DLP policies for medical data.
3.8. Backblaze B2
• Feature/Setting: "b2_upload_file" API and custom bucket policies for PHI data.
3.9. Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage
• Feature/Setting: "PUT Object" API, set "Compliance Lock" on backup buckets.
3.10. Tresorit
• Feature/Setting: "Tresorit API: Upload & Encrypt Document" with access audit log enabled.
3.11. Veritas Enterprise Vault
• Feature/Setting: Automated archiving via "Enterprise Vault REST API" for health data folders.
3.12. Arcserve UDP Cloud Direct
• Feature/Setting: Agent-based EHR database backup jobs via "UDP RESTful API".
3.13. Acronis Cyber Protect
• Feature/Setting: "Acronis Cyber Cloud API" to push snapshot backups with health record tags.
3.14. Veeam Backup & Replication
• Feature/Setting: "Veeam RESTful API" for automated VM and file-level backup of EHR systems.
3.15. Datto SIRIS
• Feature/Setting: "Datto API: createBackup" for dual-location backup to Datto cloud.
3.16. Cohesity DataProtect
• Feature/Setting: Workflow via "Cohesity API: Protection Job" for incremental EHR backup.
3.17. IBM Cloud Object Storage
• Feature/Setting: "Put Object" API for encrypted health file storage, set immutable policies.
3.18. OwnBackup
• Feature/Setting: Automated backup schedule for Salesforce Health Cloud records via "OwnBackup API".
3.19. iDrive Business
• Feature/Setting: "Cloud Backup API" with folder-level encryption and user-level access control.
3.20. pCloud Business
• Feature/Setting: "pCloud API: uploadfile" with medical folder access audit logging.
3.21. SpiderOak ONE
• Feature/Setting: API for encrypted upload of EHR with file version retention enabled.
3.22. Sync.com for Teams
• Feature/Setting: API and admin settings for health data uploads and link expiration.
3.23. Oracle Cloud Object Storage
• Feature/Setting: "PutObject" API, set up object lifecycle rules for healthcare compliance.
3.24. SecureDoc by WinMagic
• Feature/Setting: Encryption enforcement on backup folders via SecureDoc policy engine.

Benefits

4.1. Guarantees data integrity and rapid restore in disaster scenarios.
4.2. Maintains continuous compliance with HIPAA and global regulations.
4.3. Reduces manual backup errors and enhances operational efficiency.
4.4. Delivers audit trails and immutable backup history for legal safety.
4.5. Enables granular access controls, encryption, and automated retention.

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