{"id":121003,"date":"2019-05-13T10:22:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T14:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=121003"},"modified":"2025-03-18T09:08:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T13:08:16","slug":"zoom-hipaa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/collaboration\/online\/zoom\/zoom-hipaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom Meetings for HIPAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tw icon-mapmarker\"><\/span> Quick Start<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Available to:<\/strong> Students, Faculty, Staff<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost: <\/strong>No charge for Zoom Meetings. Charges apply for additional features. See <a href=\"#cost\">Cost<\/a>, below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See <a href=\"#GettingStarted\">Getting Started<\/a>, below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/bu-hipaa.zoom.us\/' class='btn btn-green btn-more'><span class=\"icon icon-lock\"><\/span>Login<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zoom Meetings for HIPAA provides a robust platform for online collaboration and meetings for HIPAA covered components.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>Zoom Meetings for HIPAA provides an option for times when you must discuss sensitive data while retaining the same benefits Zoom Meetings has to offer. Despite being a separate environment, Zoom Meetings for HIPAA is still integrated with your existing BU login, eliminating the need to track additional accounts.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features<\/h2>\n<p>Zoom Meetings for HIPAA offers many of the same features as Zoom Meetings. However, your account can only exist in one Zoom instance at a time. If you plan to use Zoom to discuss HIPAA Data, please be aware of the following differences between Zoom Meetings and our HIPAA instance:<\/p>\n<table class=\"sortable\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 20%;\">Feature<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Description<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Status<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Reason<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Implications<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Meeting passcode requirements<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">All meeting types and entry points must be passcode protected. Participants joining by phone may enter using either the meeting passcode or their assigned Participant ID number.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Required<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Prevent uninvited participants from randomly entering your meeting by ID number.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Waiting Room<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Guests cannot join a meeting until a host admits them individually from the waiting room.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Required<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Prevent unknown guests from joining meetings that may contain sensitive data.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Waiting Room Options cannot be modified. Everyone will be sent to the waiting room.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Require Encryption for 3rd Party Endpoints (H323\/SIP)<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Zoom requires encryption for all data between the Zoom cloud, Zoom client, and Zoom Room. Require encryption for 3rd party endpoints (H323\/SIP).<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Required<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Required by Zoom<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Participants may be unable to join meetings from SIP devices.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Identify guest participants in the meeting\/webinar<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Guests (someone who does not belong to the BU HIPAA account) will be highlighted in the participants list of a meeting or webinar.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Required<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Improved awareness of who is currently in a meeting that may contain sensitive data.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Auto saving chats<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Automatically save all in-meeting chats so that hosts do not need to manually save the text of the chat after the meeting starts.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Disabled<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Prevent data from being transmitted to or stored on a non-compliant endpoint or environment.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Chats can be saved manually before the meeting ends.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Live streaming the meetings<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Allow hosts to live stream their meetings to Workplace by Facebook or Custom Live Streaming Service.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Disabled<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Prevent Restricted Use Data from being transmitted or stored in non-approved environments.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Play sound when participants join or leave<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Sound will be heard by host when participants join or leave.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Enabled<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Improved awareness of who is currently in a meeting that may contain sensitive data.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Remote Support<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Allow meeting host to provide 1:1 remote support to another participant.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Disabled<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Prevent unauthorized access to endpoints with HIPAA or Restricted Use Data.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Far end camera control<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Allow another user to take control of your camera during a meeting<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Disabled<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Prevent unauthorized access to endpoints with HIPAA or Restricted Use Data.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>What to Expect<\/h2>\n<p>Zoom Meetings is a cloud hosted meetings solution, for which Zoom promises 99.9% uptime. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/status.zoom.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoom Status<\/a> portal for current service status and past incidents.<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Zoom Client for Meetings is available for Windows, macOS, and many Linux distributions. Detailed requirements can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/201362023-System-Requirements-for-PC-Mac-and-Linux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoom&#8217;s System Requirements page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Zoom is available for iOS and Android. Detailed requirements can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/201179966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoom&#8217;s Mobile System Requirements page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Zoom Web Client supports joining meetings from your browser without installing a plugin and works best with Google Chrome. A full feature comparison can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/214629443-Zoom-Web-Client\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoom Web Client page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>At minimum, hosts and participants in an online meeting should have:\n<ul>\n<li>A broadband wired or wireless internet connection<\/li>\n<li>A microphone and speakers, or a headset<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"cost\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Cost<\/h2>\n<p>While Zoom Meetings is available for no charge, additional add-ons may be purchased. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/conf\/online\/zoom#cost\">Zoom Meetings<\/a> page for full details.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"GettingStarted\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Review the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/data-classification-policy\/#restricteduse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Restricted Use Data Classification Policy<\/a> to determine if your use case requires Zoom Meetings for HIPAA<\/li>\n<li>Review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/conf\/online\/compare\/\">Product Comparison and Recommendations<\/a> page to determine whether Microsoft Teams or Zoom Meetings for HIPAA would be the best fit for your needs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bu-hipaa.zoom.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Log-in to Zoom Meetings for HIPAA<\/a> to create your account or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/conf\/online\/zoom\/getting-started\/signing-in-using-your-bu-login\/\">sign in to the app with SSO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a> for assistance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoom Meetings for HIPAA provides a robust platform for online collaboration and meetings for HIPAA covered components. 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