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HCX Protocol
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  • Summary
  • Context
  • Introduction to HCX
  • Approach
    • Design Principles
    • Key Specifications
    • Governance
  • Technical Specifications
    • Open Protocol
      • Registries
      • Health Claims Exchange (HCX) Protocol
        • Exchange Protocol
        • Message Structure
        • API Structure
        • Error Handling
      • Data Security and Privacy
        • Transport Security
        • Message Security and Integrity
        • API Security
      • Audit and Reporting
    • Digital Network Policies
  • Domain Specifications
    • Domain Data Models
      • Handling Attachments
      • Handling Processing Errors
    • Terminologies (Code sets or Metadata standards)
    • Domain Specific Languages (DSLs)
    • Implementation Guide
  • Business Policy Specifications
    • Access Control (Roles)
    • Guidelines for Participant Onboarding
    • Guidelines for Grievance Redressal
    • Guidelines for Event audits
    • Guidelines for Beneficiary Authentication by Providers/Payors
  • Contributing to the specifications
  • Future Roadmap
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Data Security and Privacy

Details of mechanisms to ensure data security and privacy

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Last updated 3 years ago

Given the sensitive nature of the information involved during claims processing - personal details, health-related information, etc., it is imperative that the data is kept secure during the exchange process (security if data while stored at sender and receiver is expected to be as per the prevailing data security regulation of the data storage).

There are many language specific libraries available that can help you implement the required encryption/signing/verification that is described above.

In order to achieve this, various approaches are defined in the .

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