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Vital Stats

HIPAA compliance with this product appears possible?: No.
Recommend for your HIPAA risk management needs?: No. Update November 2021: Hearing back from SOS they mentioned they are no longer support HIPAA compliance.

What Is This Product?

Ess Oh Ess Online Backup logo with a key in the middle of the letter OhSOS Online Backup is a cloud-based file backup tool that will enter into Business Associate Agreements with health care professionals. SOS sends copies of files from your computer or computers on their servers, to be retrieved in case of loss of data or your entire computer or drive.

Update November 2021: Hearing back from SOS they mentioned they are no longer support HIPAA compliance.

Our Impressions

SOS support was responsive to our questions and supplied information which indicated they are well-suited to the risk management needs of mental health professionals, and they include information about their ability to be HIPAA compliant in their sales materials on their website.

 

This product offers a free service tier or a free trial account:

We encourage all clinicians interested in this product to try out the free trial or experiment with the free tier to see if it suits your needs.

If you discover anything of concern that isn’t addressed in this review yet, please tell Liath about it at [email protected].

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