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Re:Why I Dislike EC2 by kppullin on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @01:59AM (#5817952)
The trouble with HIPAA requirements is that they're not clearly defined and are open to a variety of interpretations.

Our experts advise a safe, CYA approach and mandate a BAA agreement is in place with every partner touching sensitive patient data, even if encrypted and protected on multiple levels. Thus far Amazon is not accommodating to such a request.

Other's have their own opinions and, in the end, we all weigh the risks vs rewards (including Amazon itself - I'm sure they've plenty of reasons of operating in their present gray area).

Re:Why I Dislike EC2 by twistedpair on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @12:46PM (#5820547)
I worked for a major hospital once and they were all about the CYA agreements. The funny thing was the HIPPA is more a state of mind, not a 100 point punch list. So you're really just practicing CYA more than anything else.