Table 1.

Security features implemented to make CliniCam secure and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant.

Security feature	CliniCam implementation
User authentication	Requires user log-in with hospital user ID and password
Audit trail	Logs user access to patient information
Data encryption	Temporarily stores images in encrypted area of application memory
No permanent data storage	No permanent storage of patient information or clinical images. When images are transferred to the electronic health record, the images are permanently deleted from the application
Application timeout	Automatically removes clinical images from the application if not transferred to the electronic health record in 20 minutes (user receives warning notification after 15 minutes)
Secure wireless transmission	Requires connection and transmission over hospital’s secure WiFi network; data transfer over public networks is not supported