Protected health information (PHI)
CloudWatch Logs data protection can find the following types of protected health information (PHI).
If you set a data protection policy, CloudWatch Logs scans for the data identifiers that you specify no matter what geolocation the log group is located in. The information in the Countries and regions column in this table designates whether two-letter country codes must be appended to the data identifier to detect the appropriate keywords for those countries and regions.
Type of data | Data identifier ID | Keyword required | Countries and regions |
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Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registration number |
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United States |
Health Insurance Card Number (EHIC) |
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European Union |
Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN) |
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United States |
Health insurance or medical identification number |
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France |
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code |
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United States |
Medicare Beneficiary Number (MBN) |
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United States |
National Drug Code (NDC) |
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United States |
National Provider Identifier (NPI) |
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United States |
National Health Service (NHS) number |
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Great Britain |
Personal Health Number |
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Canada |
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 protected health information (PHI) data protection policies.
PHI data identifier ARNs |
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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 |