Into the Medical Science DMZ

A new model for research networks protects patient privacy while improving data transfer rates for scientists.

[Privacy Rule](http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Health_Insurance_Portability_and_Accountability_Act">The 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is best known for preserving insurance coverage for employees who change or lose their jobs. But the law also includes a Security Rule and a <a href=“https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/) that protect confidential healthcare data for consumers.

In [Eli Dart](https://academic.oup.com/jamia/article/doi/10.1093/jamia/ocx104/4367749/The-medical-science-DMZ-a-network-design-pattern">their paper, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) computer scientist Sean Peisert and Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) researcher <a href=“https://www.es.net/about/esnet-staff/science-engagement/Eli-Dart/) and their collaborators outline a “design pattern” for deploying specialized research networks and ancillary computing equipment for HIPAA-protected biomedical data that provides high-throughput network data transfers and high-security protections.

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