Can I put patient records in here?

No — patient records must stay in the hospital's approved systems. Elba is for your personal, professional life.

Will my hospital IT block it?

Elba is one HTML file. It runs in the browser without installation on almost any policy-locked machine.

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Encryption for nurses — private notes, on your own device

Nurses accumulate paperwork that is technically ‘personal’ but clinically sensitive: study notes, handover summaries, incident reflections. Elba lets you keep it all in a sealed folder on your own machine.

What belongs in your Elba vault

CPD portfolio drafts, exam prep, personal reflections on shifts, and any note you'd hate a curious housemate to read. Not patient PHI — that stays in the hospital system.

Why not just a folder with a password on the ZIP?

Zip passwords are legacy-weak. Elba uses AES-256-GCM with PBKDF2 — the same primitives banking software uses at rest.

Questions people actually ask

Can I put patient records in here?: No — patient records must stay in the hospital's approved systems. Elba is for your personal, professional life.
Will my hospital IT block it?: Elba is one HTML file. It runs in the browser without installation on almost any policy-locked machine.

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Elba is one HTML file. It runs locally in a Chromium browser, seals a folder with AES-256-GCM, never phones home, and becomes open source on 1 January 2030.

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File encryption for doctors: HIPAA-grade, at rest
AES-256-GCM local file encryption suitable for HIPAA at-rest requirements. Elba is a single HTML file — no cloud, no account.
Encryption for social workers — case notes off the clipboard
Personal casework notes, home-visit reflections, and supervision material sealed locally with AES-256-GCM. Compliant with your policy, not a vendor's.