If email marketing is known to produce results across a variety of industries, why do some professionals feel uncomfortable with it? Why do they feel “slimy”? It is not uncommon for people to feel hesitant to engage in email marketing because it somehow feels “wrong” to them. There are several factors at play in […]
HIPAA-compliant cloud storage complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to ensure the security of healthcare patients’ data stored on remote servers accessed from the internet. HIPAA governs how healthcare providers and their business associates, as defined in the Act, can store, manage, and share personal health information (PHI). If […]
HIPAA-compliant videoconferencing is a form of telecommunication used in health settings, allowing multiple parties (e.g., doctor and patient) to communicate via two-way video and audio transmissions. It provides patients with the same privacy and confidentiality that applies to in-person visits, protecting their information and giving the same care to storage and dissemination of the video […]
Security firm Positive Technologies has published a report (see their overview of attack on one time passwords and PDF of the SS7 security problems) that explains how attackers can easily attack the protocols underlying the mobile text messaging networks (i.e. the Signaling System 7 or “SS7” protocol). In their report, they indicate how this makes it easy to […]
Sending text messages between health care providers and patients is incredibly common but it is also generally a violation of HIPAA. See: To Text of Not To Text. Texting and healthcare. This infographic covers when texting occurs and where the risk arises. Texting in healthcare – a not-so-simple exchange
