In this article, we review the requirements for what makes a HIPAA compliant website and what you need to do to ensure your website is compliant. The recent focus on tracking pixels and analytics codes by enforcement agencies has many healthcare organizations reassessing their website security and compliance. As technology has evolved over the past […]
Performing daily business transactions and communications through electronic technologies is accepted, reliable, and necessary across the nation’s healthcare providers, payers and suppliers. As a result, email has become a standard in the healthcare industry as a way to conduct business activities that commonly include: Interacting with patients Real time authorizations for medical services Transcribing, accessing […]
Our HIPAA compliance checklist was designed to help organizations understand their obligations under the law. The checklist items are not a complete list, just a starting point for your compliance program. HIPAA requires a yearly risk analysis to identify new vulnerabilities. Any business process change or new technology usage introduces new risk into an organization’s […]
Non-compliance with HIPAA can easily lead to unintended breaches where PHI data is exposed to unauthorized parties. This can be very expensive! Violating HIPAA can cost anywhere from $100 to $70,000 per violation (or per data record). You don’t want to be caught in a situation where inaction, neglect, or lack of knowledge can result […]
There are many ways to protect ePHI in email. HIPAA is technology-neutral and doesn’t make specific recommendations for how to protect email communications. This article explains the difference between a HIPAA-compliant email host and an email encryption gateway. These are just two of the options for securing email accounts.
