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Bri on 29 Aug 2015 00:03:05

Hello - can you please make PowerBI HIPAA compliant? The healthcare industry could really use this tool. However, all are skittish to apply it to their CRM data, which can be covered by the Microsoft Trust Center.

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7bf2c93a 4b9c-4e08-9937-2dd4c9109c55 on 05 Jul 2020 22:23:17

RE: PowerBI HIPAA Compliant

Yes, PowerBI was added to the HIPAA BAA as of March 2016 and the description of that is available in our OnLine Services Terms. Please see page 9 of the Online Services Terms for a complete listing of all our services covered by the HIPAA BAA. PowerBI is listed in the last row. The link is http://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/DocumentSearch.aspx?Mode=3&DocumentTypeId=31

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c4634a6f b6c5-47ca-bf10-da3bebf18b94 on 05 Jul 2020 22:22:21

RE: PowerBI HIPAA Compliant

Not sure it is there yet despite the BAA. You need to support an audit log of who viewed which patient record. This is part of HIPAA and HITECH act. Right now, I do not believe it can be used for PHI. I am adding my votes to this entry.

See this link for more information: http://www.hipaasurvivalguide.com/hit-subchapter-d/hit-170-210.php

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e828ea9a f43c-4daa-a92f-3f2ee3e76037 on 05 Jul 2020 22:20:44

RE: PowerBI HIPAA Compliant

HIPPA is there now: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/TrustCenter/Compliance/default.aspx

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d9eaed98 bcbd-499c-ab8d-5ae52e098f94 on 05 Jul 2020 22:19:02

RE: PowerBI HIPAA Compliant

This is critical if you expect any healthcare organization to adopt Power BI. We would love to start using this, but can't because it is not yet HIPAA compliant. Would love to know what Microsoft's timeline is for getting a BAA for this software.

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915b850b 744c-4a1a-a425-385818d62500 on 05 Jul 2020 22:17:51

RE: PowerBI HIPAA Compliant

'Hi Bri / All:

I recently gained some valuable knowledge on this to share from the National Director, US Health & Life Sciences Industry Technology Unit at Microsoft via Microsoft Health LinkedIn group post comment that "PowerBI is covered by the Microsoft online services BAA (Business Associate Agreement) - work with your account team to get more of this information"

- see faq's @ https://www.microsoft.com/online/legal/v2/?docid=41 & link to the BAA agreement from #11 @ http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=232933

The area in the BAA that that covers this is under Topic: "Other Online Services", Subtopic:" PowerBI Pro".

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88488ab0 9eeb-45a9-992d-88bf493ee4c0 on 05 Jul 2020 22:16:56

RE: PowerBI HIPAA Compliant

I agree completely. The market research firm that I work for could really use a tool such as this in our arsenal; however, we deal with the healthcare industry and can not save data to the cloud.

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2c9aa7f6 4ef5-4274-bf50-89cc4c01c964 on 05 Jul 2020 22:16:09

RE: PowerBI HIPAA Compliant

Our company requires this. We produce software for the healthcare industry but are unable to share any of the statistical data through PowerBI because it is not HIPPA compliant. This feature would change the way we communicate value to our stakeholders.