This project requires Golang to be installed - https://go.dev/doc/install
HIPAA-Verifier
is responsible for the following -
-
Act as a registry for services that exchange data, described by -
- a
source
or thedata owner
- who is sending the data ? - a
destination
or thedata requester
- who is requesting the data ? - a
type
- the record type that is being exchanged - a list of
protect-rule
s (defined ahead) - a list of
verify-rule
s (defined ahead)
- a
-
Define a
identify
path andprotect-rule
/verify-rule
corresponding to this field -- a
protect-rule
defines what logic/function is to be used to protect a certain field's value - a
verify-rule
defines what logic/function is to be used to verify that a certain field's value is protected
- a
- registration is part of the
hipaa/systems.go
file as a hard-coded value. - rule definitions are defined in the
hipaa/rule.go
file as a map of specific PHI field and corresponding rule - actual implementations of protect and verify of data are in
hipaa/protect.go
- Download dependencies -
make deps
- Run the server -
make run
This will bring up a webserver at http:https://localhost:4000/
having the following 2 endpoints -
/protect
- returns protected data after applying all protect-rules
based on incoming request data
/verify
- returns a true/false (boolean) based on whether the incoming request data passes verification rules or not.
The other services will call these endpoints to protect and check their compliance.