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Deleting data from Database

asked on March 15, 2022

Since Forms is not HIPAA-compliant (due to no auditing of who has accessed data from either the Monitoring tab or from Custom Reports), we're trying to find a workaround that will allow us to still use Forms to automate some critical processes that contain patient data.

 

Question to this end:

If we delete an instance from Forms, is that data scrubbed from the database, or would it still be discoverable? If the data lives on in the DB, is there any other way to get that cleared? 

 

Our proposed workflow would be to create an input form in Forms. Upon submission, a Workflow would take that information and populate a fillable PDF (which would not be saved to the repository). We would then delete the input form from Forms (and hopefully remove the patient information from our system, thus removing our risk).

 

For reference regarding the question of HIPAA compatibility, I'm attaching a screenshot from my chat in the Laserfiche Security and Administration virtual booth at Empower 2022.

 

Thanks in advance!

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replied on March 15, 2022

The fields data will be removed from the database after delete an instance. You can confirm that by checking the data in the "formatted_variables" and "cf_bp_data" tables. 

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replied on March 15, 2022

This is a fantastic feature request and one I would love to see implemented as soon as possible!

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replied on March 15, 2022

We are working on research for supporting audit trail for Forms to be HIPAA-compliant.

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replied on January 6, 2023

Forms 11 Update 3 has added the Starter Audit Trail to audit the events for business process/instance/report/session.You can get more information about Forms Auditing from https://doc.laserfiche.com/laserfiche.documentation/11/administration/en-us/Default.htm#../Subsystems/Forms/Content/Administration/Configuring-Auditing.htm

You can see other changes of Forms 11 Update 3 from  https://support.laserfiche.com/kb/1014413/list-of-changes-for-laserfiche-forms-11-update-3 and get Forms 11 Update 3 from Laserfiche 11 package  https://support.laserfiche.com/kb/1014263/software-versions-and-fixes-included-in-the-laserfiche-11-download-package

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replied on January 6, 2023

This is wonderful news! We will start digging into the documentation and run this by our CSO. Thank you for the update!!

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