User's Manual Part 2

12 Introduction Welch Allyn Propaq LT Vital Signs Monitor
HIPAA Considerations
Each medical facility is responsible for creating and enforcing policies and procedures to
guarantee compliance with the regulations defined in 45 CFR 160-164 of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996.
The Propaq LT Monitor, the Large Color Display Interface, the Propaq LT Monitor
Configuration Utility, and the Propaq LT Monitor AutoPrint Utility incorporate security
features that support your implementation of the HIPAA requirements for ensuring that
patient information is kept private and confidential.
Monitor
• Clinicians can lock the monitor display to prevent the display of patient vital signs. For
patient protection when the monitor display is locked, the display is restored instantly
in the event of a button press (unless button-pad lock-out is enabled), an alarm or an
alert.
• Clinicians can lock the monitor buttons to prevent any unauthorized access to the
monitor controls. To protect the patient when the buttons are locked, access to the
buttons is restored instantly in the event of an alarm or an alert.
• All patient data transmitted by radio from the monitor is fully encrypted. This data can
be decrypted only by a Welch Allyn Acuity Central Station residing on the local Welch
Allyn FlexNet network. Transmitted patient data is sent via the 802.11
spread-spectrum, frequency-hopping protocol, using the Welch Allyn proprietary PSI
communications protocol.
Configuration Utility
The configuration utility never contains patient data.
AutoPrint Utility
• All patient data is stored in a Welch Allyn proprietary data format which is readable
only by machine.
• All patient data is deleted from the PC when it is sent to the printer.