What HIPAA Says about Email Security
Published: 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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