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Maximizing Personal Information to Improve Surgical Proficiency

THE PRIVACY AND SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, AND YOUR PATIENTS’ PERSONAL INFORMATION, IS OUR PRIORITY.

What personal information do we collect?

  • Primary and assisting surgeon(s) first and last names
  • Procedure type
  • Procedure date and time stamps
  • Surgical video from laparoscopic tower or robotic system
  • Optional procedure notes
  • Optional case context (gender, BMI, etc.)

How do we protect your personal information?

  • Out-of-body footage removed before video is shared for assessment and feedback1
  • Hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS)2 within a SOC2 compliant data center located in Oregon, United States3
  • HITRUST CSF® Certified4
  • Designed in line with applicable privacy laws, including HIPAA, HITECH and GDPR
  • Data is encrypted in transit and at rest in the cloud

What do we do with the personal information?

  • Make your personal case videos and analytics available in your own case library
  • Provide a platform that supports surgical case video review with the aim to improve surgical proficiency and patient care
  • Help improve AI/ML models in efforts to generate additional surgical insights (optional with separate agreement)

How do you control your personal information?

  • You or your hospital are the data controller, and are responsible for determining the purpose and means by which personal information is processed
  • A Johnson & Johnson affiliate is the data processor providing the C-SATS service and will only process personal information on behalf of the data controller
  • Business Associate Agreement (BAA) between parties
  • Optional research agreement(s) available as a separate agreement

1. Metadata may contain video time and date
2. AWS follows the highest industry standards including ISO 27001, HITRUST CSF® Certification, publishes SOC2 Type 2 reports, and is a member of the Cloud Security Alliance
3. EU SCC in place to cover transfer of data outside of EU, enabling a Global Community of surgeons
4. HITRUST CSF® Certification is based on ISO 27001 framework