Six Reasons Why Cloud Data Security Is a Must for Chiropractors

Highlights

• Cloud data security protects your patient data from cyberattacks and data loss due to major disasters.
• Cloud-based ChiroTouch uses secure messaging to ensure patient confidentiality and protection against fraud and identity theft.
• ChiroTouch uses modern encryption methods, automated backups, and offsite servers to adhere to HIPAA privacy rules.

As you increasingly rely on technology to manage patient records, schedules, and billing, cloud data security is a top concern for your practice. Using a cloud-based chiropractic EHR system with robust security features, like automatic backups, offsite storage, and two-factor authentication, keeps sensitive data safe and protects your practice from cyberattacks.

Cloud-based ChiroTouch uses robust cloud data security features to protect your practice and minimize downtime so you can take care of your patients without interruption.

How Cloud-based ChiroTouch Safeguards Your Patient and Practice Data

Cloud-based EHR systems are becoming increasingly common in healthcare. These cloud-based applications offer enhanced security over outdated, in-house servers and easier access to patient data for providers and patients.

Using on-site EHR software may increase your practice’s cyberattack or data breach risk. Switching to a cloud-based chiropractic EHR like ChiroTouch can help protect sensitive data and automate your workflow, resulting in better security and efficiency for your practice.

With ChiroTouch, your data in the cloud is safe. The platform protects your practice and patient information to increase compliance, security, and peace of mind for you and your patients.

Here’s how.

1. Cloud Security Keeps Cyberattackers at Bay

Cyber attacks like phishing, malware, and hackers pose a significant threat to your practice and sensitive patient data. In a 2022 study of ransomware cyberattacks on hospitals, 8.6% experienced downtime of more than two weeks. The disruptions included electronic system failures and delays and cancellations of scheduled appointments.

Your business’s success depends on choosing a reliable and secure platform for optimal cloud cybersecurity. ChiroTouch uses encryption and authentication methods to keep data stored in the cloud safe from cyberattacks.

With cloud-based ChiroTouch, your system is less vulnerable to online attacks due to robust security measures and ONC-ATCB certification that meets Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology program guidelines.

2. Cloud Security Protects Your Data With Automatic Backups

Ideally, you should back up your data every 24 hours to protect your patients’ records, billing history, and financial information. These frequent backups ensure your data is retrievable and secure in case of an unforeseen disaster.

ChiroTouch automates the backup process, meaning you don’t have to remember to prompt the system manually. The software offers real-time backup functionality and uses cloud servers to ensure your data is saved to a secure location so you can always retrieve your data from cloud storage.

3. Cloud Security Offers HIPAA-Compliant Features

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) data storage and backup guidelines require frequent backups and data integrity verifications to recover data that may have been deleted or compromised by security incidents.

Confidential data storage under HIPAA includes these requirements:

• Regular backup log reviews
• Periodic test restoration of backups
• Offsite storage of patient data
• Data access and modification alerts and notifications
• Implementation of encryption after risk assessment, if needed

Any violation of HIPAA laws can result in a fine of $100 for each offense. If there are multiple violations of the HIPAA laws within a calendar year, you may incur penalties of up to $25,000. Patient data storage and backup must comply with these guidelines to protect patient privacy.

ChiroTouch adheres to HIPAA standards to ensure cloud storage security of your information during natural disasters and cyberattacks. Our cloud storage platform encrypts all of your patients’ protected health information (PHI), including PHI from other providers using ChiroTouch.

4. Cloud Security Makes Recovering Lost Data Easier

Keeping your practice running after a data loss requires quick recovery of critical information. An IT data security services firm may have the tools and software for comprehensive backup and restoration of your data in your in-house and cloud storage servers. However, you may have to pay up to $100 every hour or per visit from the IT firm to maintain cloud server security.

ChiroTouch eliminates the costs of IT configuration and maintenance for your practice. With automatic data backups and offsite servers, ChiroTouch keeps your patients’ data safe and secure from potential breaches and data loss. Using the built-in status feature, you can check system uptime, pay bills, and check electronic claims uptime for the past 90 days.

5. Cloud Security Ensures Safe Data Sharing

Phishing is a common type of cyberattack in the healthcare sector, with 45% of respondents in a 2021 survey reporting it as a significant data security event. These attacks highlight the importance of maintaining patient and practice information confidentiality when you and your staff need to communicate with patients and providers.

ChiroTouch ensures your practice follows all HIPAA regulations to maintain cloud data security. When you need to communicate with providers securely, use ChiroTouch’s Direct Messaging feature through their partner, MaxMD. CT Engage also lets you communicate with patients via text messages, emails, or ChiroTouch’s secure portal.

6. Cloud Security Protects Against Data Loss

As the rate of fires, floods, and hurricanes increases yearly, natural disasters threaten your practice’s revenue and workflow. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 341 weather and climate-related disasters from 1980 to 2022 resulted in losses exceeding $1 billion for each one. Over 25% of businesses remain closed after a natural disaster.

A cloud-based solution like ChiroTouch provides your practice with disaster recovery capabilities to protect it in unexpected disasters. ChiroTouch ensures patient data is accessible during major weather events with a 99.94% uptime guarantee. When you use ChiroTouch, you can recover from disasters quickly and efficiently, providing you and your staff members peace of mind and uninterrupted patient care.

For More Information, Download Our Free eBook

Download our eBook, Guide to Data Security, to learn the best data security practices to prevent data loss and protect your patients with cloud-based ChiroTouch.