HIPAA, encryption, and sync

[dtmfcc]

I used to use DJO with USB synch and encryption, and just stopped for quite a while. Have decided I would like client phone numbers on my phone, encrypted, via Outlook, and am in a HIPAA environment.

I believe I saw a post that said USB synch won't work anymore with encryption. Is that true?

If so, if I synch over my own WiFi only, by unlocking the database, am I "reasonably" secure. Because I am a very small office, HIPAA scalability applies, so if it's "almost 100%" secure I think I can justify it.

Thanks for any help.

Deborah

[DJOCTO]

I believe I saw a post that said USB synch won't work anymore with encryption. Is that true?

I suggest first trying the USB Sync. With Android devices, we have engineered USB Sync three times. So internally there are three solutions.

a. MSM Mode- We open the USB as a media device, and PC writes directly to the data file.

b. Then we made ADB Mode - We open USB as a communication channel in Android Debugging Mode, and talk back and forth with DJO App.

c. MTP Mode- Android 4 and above no longer has MSM mode, but we open Music Transfer Protocol, move the database to the PC, update it, then move it back like it was a song.

In all three cases, I think Encrypted databases worked. But it may be that with MTP mode the PC can't decrypt it. So maybe that is the problem. I'll check on that.

If so, if I synch over my own WiFi only, by unlocking the database, am I "reasonably" secure. Because I am a very small office, HIPAA scalability applies, so if it's "almost 100%" secure I think I can justify it.

It is "almost 100%". The Wi-Fi transmission is 256AES encrypted by CompanionLink, and then decrypted by the device. So this is a secure method of sync.