Is a FAX document HIPAA-Secure?
Friday, March 6th, 2009
LuxSci offers solutions for secure and HIPAA compliant email and web services, so we are often asked about secure FAXing.
Many organizations, especially in the healthcare industry, have an urgent need to send important and sensitive information, like protected health information (PHI), to organizations via facsimile. Why? Because this is how it has always been done, and everyone is “set up” to be able to handle FAXes quickly and efficiently.
However, with HIPAA security regulations ever-present, our clients are concerned that their use of FAX is compliant, similar to making sure that their email and web sites meet HIPAA security standards.
Update – for electronic FAXing options, see: HIPAA Faxing: How to Send and Receive FAXes i na Secure and Compliant Way.
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