High The staff should be able to make Low Some COTS systems will allow changes to data collection forms. administrative users to make Medium changes to data collection forms, such as changing field names. High Data Privacy and System Security Priority Considerations Low The data system should meet Some COTS systems meet HIPAA guidelines. mandated privacy guidelines. Medium High Low Data system should have User-specific security profiles are a security, such as secure common feature in COTS systems. Medium user-specific profiles. High Low Data system should encrypt the Data encryption during data while transmitting. transmission is a standard feature Medium in most COTS systems. High Low Program administrators will be Some COTS systems allow able to maintain the data system. administrative users to control the Medium amount of data their user-specific profiles can access. High Low Staff should have the ability to Offline system and data access is log in to the system while offline available in some COTS systems. Medium (no internet access). High
High The staff should be able to make changes to data collection forms. Low Medium High Some COTS systems will allow administrative users to make changes to data collection forms, such as changing field names. Data Privacy and System Security Priority Considerations The data system should meet HIPAA guidelines. Low Medium High Some COTS systems meet mandated privacy guidelines. Data system should have security, such as secure user-specific profiles. Low Medium High User-specific security profiles are a common feature in COTS systems. Data system should encrypt the data while transmitting. Low Medium High Data encryption during transmission is a standard feature in most COTS systems. Program administrators will be able to maintain the data system. Low Medium High Some COTS systems allow administrative users to control the amount of data their user-specific profiles can access. Staff should have the ability to log in to the system while offline (no internet access). Low Medium High Offline system and data access is available in some COTS systems.