What HIPAA Says about Email Security
Monday, March 16th, 2009
Performing daily business transactions through electronic technologies is an accepted, reliable and necessary tool across the nation’s healthcare sectors. Therefore, electronic communications have become a standard in the healthcare industry as a way to conduct business activities that commonly include:
- Interacting with web-savvy patients;
- Real time authorizations for medical services;
- Transcribing, accessing and storing health records;
- Appointment scheduling; and
- Submitting claims to health plan payers for payment of the services provided.
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