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I don't know about comically easy, but should be doable to have some sort of shared frontend. $214 (even $100) is a really beefy vm, though. I wonder whats pro

I don't know about comically easy, but should be doable to have some sort of shared frontend. $214 (even $100) is a really beefy vm, though. I wonder whats provisioned and why.

tecleandor 8y ago
Nothing beefy, probably, but as for HIPAA compliance, AFAIK, you need to sign several specific contracts with your provider and blahblahblah, probably they're just billing you for the incovenience and for having the HIPAA seal. "I'm HIPAA, the rest aren't, just pay for it".
- pg_bot 8y ago
  You have to sign a single business associate agreement (BAA) depending on the nature of the business you are working with. These are usually boilerplate contracts around 2-3 pages long and full of legalese. It is uncommon for someone to charge you for signing a BAA. It is very common to tie these plans into enterprise only pricing. This is terrible because it adds unnecessary costs to the medical system (which get passed onto consumers) and it completely shuts out smaller players from entering the marketplace. (Cue me side eyeing every single error tracking software SaaS currently on the market who wants to start at 5K a year for their 'small' plan - get real guys)
  - tecleandor 8y ago
    Yep, I was checking the DICOM (medical images) Viewer plugin for Box the other day and, yeah, they don't charge you for the BAA, but you're required to get an Enterprise or Elite plan, which price isn't even listed, and probably on the thousands: "Pricing for Box Enterprise or Elite plans as well as the DICOM Viewer additional seat surcharge can be handled by our Box sales team once we know how many seats your are looking for across your company and what types of collaboration use cases you need. "
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  > and for having the HIPAA seal. “HIPAA seals”, which several vendors offer, are mostly BS and have no actual meaning under HIPAA. I don't think any big vendor has them (Google's HIPAA page explicitly notes that no certifications are recognized by the government.)

I don't know about comically easy, but should be doable to have some sort of shared frontend. $214 (even $100) is a really beefy vm, though. I wonder whats provisioned and why.

tecleandor 8y ago

Nothing beefy, probably, but as for HIPAA compliance, AFAIK, you need to sign several specific contracts with your provider and blahblahblah, probably they're just billing you for the incovenience and for having the HIPAA seal. "I'm HIPAA, the rest aren't, just pay for it".

pg_bot 8y ago
You have to sign a single business associate agreement (BAA) depending on the nature of the business you are working with. These are usually boilerplate contracts around 2-3 pages long and full of legalese. It is uncommon for someone to charge you for signing a BAA. It is very common to tie these plans into enterprise only pricing. This is terrible because it adds unnecessary costs to the medical system (which get passed onto consumers) and it completely shuts out smaller players from entering the marketplace. (Cue me side eyeing every single error tracking software SaaS currently on the market who wants to start at 5K a year for their 'small' plan - get real guys)
- tecleandor 8y ago
  Yep, I was checking the DICOM (medical images) Viewer plugin for Box the other day and, yeah, they don't charge you for the BAA, but you're required to get an Enterprise or Elite plan, which price isn't even listed, and probably on the thousands: "Pricing for Box Enterprise or Elite plans as well as the DICOM Viewer additional seat surcharge can be handled by our Box sales team once we know how many seats your are looking for across your company and what types of collaboration use cases you need. "
dragonwriter 8y ago
> and for having the HIPAA seal. “HIPAA seals”, which several vendors offer, are mostly BS and have no actual meaning under HIPAA. I don't think any big vendor has them (Google's HIPAA page explicitly notes that no certifications are recognized by the government.)