Sensitive data types: Protected health information (PHI) - Amazon Simple Notification Service

Sensitive data types: Protected health information (PHI)

The following table lists and describes the types of protected health information (PHI) that Amazon SNS can detect using managed data identifiers.

Detection type Managed data identifier ID Keyword required Countries and regions

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Registration Number

DrugEnforcementAgencyNumber

dea number, dea registration

US

Health Insurance Card Number (EHIC)

HealthInsuranceCardNumber

assicurazione sanitaria numero, carta assicurazione numero, carte d’assurance maladie, carte européenne d'assurance maladie, ceam, ehic, ehic#, finlandehicnumber#, gesundheitskarte, hälsokort, health card, health card number, health insurance card, health insurance number, insurance card number, krankenversicherungskarte, krankenversicherungsnummer, medical account number, numero conto medico, numéro d’assurance maladie, numéro de carte d’assurance, numéro de compte medical, número de cuenta médica, número de seguro de salud, número de tarjeta de seguro, sairaanhoitokortin, sairausvakuutuskortti, sairausvakuutusnumero, sjukförsäkring nummer, sjukförsäkringskort, suomi ehic-numero, tarjeta de salud, terveyskortti, tessera sanitaria assicurazione numero, versicherungsnummer EU
Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN)

HealthInsuranceClaimNumber

health insurance claim number, hic no, hic no., hic number, hic#, hicn, hicn#., hicno# US
Health insurance or medical identification number

HealthInsuranceNumber

carte d'assuré social, carte vitale, insurance card FR
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code

HealthcareProcedureCode

current procedural terminology, hcpcs, healthcare common procedure coding system US
Medicare Beneficiary Number (MBN)

MedicareBeneficiaryNumber

mbi, medicare beneficiary US
National Drug Code (NDC)

NationalDrugCode

national drug code, ndc US
National Provider Identifier (NPI)

NationalProviderId

hipaa, n.p.i, national provider, npi US
National Health Service (NHS) Number

NhsNumber

national health service, NHS GB
Personal Health Number (PHN)

PersonalHealthNumber

canada healthcare number, msp number, personal healthcare number, phn, soins de santé CA

Keywords for health insurance and medical identification numbers

To detect various types of health insurance and medical identification numbers, Amazon SNS requires a keyword to be in proximity of the numbers. This includes European Health Insurance Card numbers (EU, Finland), health insurance numbers (France), Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (US), National Insurance numbers (UK), NHS numbers (UK), and Personal Health Numbers (Canada).

The following table lists the keywords that Amazon SNS recognizes for specific countries and regions.

Country or region Keywords
Canada Canada healthcare number, msp number, personal healthcare number, phn, soins de santé
EU assicurazione sanitaria numero, carta assicurazione numero, carte d’assurance maladie, carte européenne d'assurance maladie, ceam, ehic, ehic#, finlandehicnumber#, gesundheitskarte, hälsokort, health card, health card number, health insurance card, health insurance number, insurance card number, krankenversicherungskarte, krankenversicherungsnummer, medical account number, numero conto medico, numéro d’assurance maladie, numéro de carte d’assurance, numéro de compte medical, número de cuenta médica, número de seguro de salud, número de tarjeta de seguro, sairaanhoitokortin, sairausvakuutuskortti, sairausvakuutusnumero, sjukförsäkring nummer, sjukförsäkringskort, suomi ehic-numero, tarjeta de salud, terveyskortti, tessera sanitaria assicurazione numero, versicherungsnummer
Finland ehic, ehic#, finland health insurance card, finlandehicnumber#, finska sjukförsäkringskort, hälsokort, health card, health card number, health insurance card, health insurance number, sairaanhoitokortin, sairaanhoitokortin, sairausvakuutuskortti, sairausvakuutusnumero, sjukförsäkring nummer, sjukförsäkringskort, suomen sairausvakuutuskortti, suomi ehic-numero, terveyskortti
France carte d'assuré social, carte vitale, insurance card
UK national health service, NHS
US mbi, medicare beneficiary

Data identifier ARNs for protected health information data types (PHI)

The following lists the data identifier Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) that can be used in PHI data protection policies.

PHI data identifier ARNs
arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/DrugEnforcementAgencyNumber-US
arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/HealthcareProcedureCode-US
arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/HealthInsuranceCardNumber-EU
arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/HealthInsuranceClaimNumber-US
arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/HealthInsuranceNumber-FR
arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/MedicareBeneficiaryNumber-US
arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/NationalDrugCode-US
arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/NationalInsuranceNumber-GB
arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/NationalProviderId-US
arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/NhsNumber-GB
arn:aws:dataprotection::aws:data-identifier/PersonalHealthNumber-CA