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170.315(d)(7) – End-user Device Encryption

Capability

End-user Device Encryption

Description of Capability

  • EHR technology is designed to prevent electronic health information from being locally stored on end-user devices after use of the technology on those devices stops.

Cost and Fees

Types of costs or fees that a user may be required to pay to purchase, license, implement, maintain, upgrade, use, or otherwise enable and support the use of the implementation or use of the capability -OR- in connection with the data generated in the course using the capability.

Cost and Fees:

Clients are required to subscribe to a Monthly Provider License of Freedom | PM | EHR | ERX in order to possess the 2015 certified EHR technology capabilities. Provider licenses are charged on a per provider basis for (Full-Time / Part-Time) providers. Use of the following relied upon 3rd Party services is included in the monthly provider license subscription:

  • DrFirst Rcopia
  • EBSCO Patient Education Reference Center (PERC)
  • EBSCO Dynamed
  • IMO Procedure, Problem
  • Medline Plus
  • EMR Direct

Monthly Fee:

  • Monthly Provider License Fee (Full-Time / Part-Time)

One-Time Implementation & Setup Fee:

  • None

Annual Maintenance Fee:

  • Included with Monthly Provider License Fee

Contractual Limitations

Limitations of a contractual nature (including developer policies and other business practices) that a user may encounter in the implementation or use of the capability -OR- in the connection with the data generated in the course of using the capability.

Contractual Limitations:

Client Security Administrators are required complete and submit the following forms in order to assign Emergency Access security privileges to end-users:

  • New User Request Form
  • Modify Existing User Change Form

Technical or Practical Limitations

Limitations of a technical or practical nature that a user may encounter that could prevent or impair the successful implementation, configuration, maintenance, support, or use of the capability -OR- prevent or limit the use, exchange, or portability of any data generated in the course of using the capability.

Technical Limitations:

  • None

Practical Limitations:

The certified EHR interacts with end-user devices when accessing the system via a secure encrypted connection. The EHR is designed to prevent electronic health information from being locally stored on end-user devices.

End-users should take appropriate security precautions when saving reports, printing, or exporting data to end-user devices as this data is no longer within the EHR technologies’ control.

Updated on July 6, 2022