Hospitals and healthcare companies have been progressively investing in technology for the automation of their processes, making the security of digital data, such as medical records, medical transactions and intellectual property of pharmaceutical and medical patents, receive the highest priority.

In addition to this, the evolution of technology, especially the Internet, enabled the possibility of sharing health information and, consequently, the Electronic Medical Records, prior to the institution’s exclusive and internal use, evolved into the concept of an Electronic Health Record (EHR). It has in its concept the sharing of information within a region (municipality, state or country), or even among a group of hospitals – which further increases the need to adopt security mechanisms capable of guaranteeing authenticity, confidentiality and integrity of health information.

Examples of electronic documents in the Health area

• Patient record
• Image examination report
• Nursing Annotation
• Anamnesis
• Physical exam
• Doctor’s prescription
• Results of exams

In order to establish norms, standards and regulations for the EHR in Brazil, the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) and the Brazilian Society of Health Informatics (SBIS) signed an agreement to define mandatory technical requirements and, the federal legislation for electronic documents, reinforced the mandatory use of digital certification (electronic signature) for the ethical and legal validity of a Electronic Health Records.

An important milestone was the publication of CFM Resolution No. 1821/2007 approving the technical standards concerning the digitization and use of computerized systems for the safekeeping and handling of patient records, authorizing the elimination of paper and the exchange of information identified in the Health area.

“FOR A PAPERLESS CHART, FULLY DIGITAL, IT’S OBLIGATORY THE USE DIGITAL CERTIFICATION TO SIGN IT”.

Limitations of the medical paper chart record

Information from medical records on paper is only available to a professional at the same time, has low mobility and is subject to illegibility, ambiguity, frequent information loss, multiple folders, difficulty of collective research, lack of standardization, difficult access, fragility and it’s safety requires large spaces in archive services.

Every company must protect employee information, customer data, business operations, intellectual property and industry secrets. Health is no different, and digital encryption and certification are the best ways to protect these mechanisms.

In defining a strategy for the use of encryption and digital certification, every decision maker must keep in mind that the security of any cryptographic process depends primarily on the security of the keys used. Therefore, a good encryption strategy should include a well-defined process as well as a secure cryptographic key creation, storage, and use environment.

DINAMO Networks, through its line of Hardware Security Modules (HSM) certified by the Institute of Information Technology (ITI) / ICP-Brasil, allows the secure application of cryptography and digital certification technologies in applications typically used in the health segment. patient, hotel, administrative and financial records).

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