Many organizations, especially in the healthcare industry, have an urgent need to send important and sensitive information, like protected health information (what constitutes PHI?), to organizations via FAX (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. Go back […]
For more information, see: Hospital faxed a patient’s HIV-positive status to his workplace — he’s now suing for $2.5 million Is a FAXing really HIPAA-compliant? HIPAA Faxing: How To Send and Receive FAXes in a Secure and Compliant Way
For legal reasons, LuxSci’s HIPAA customers must physically sign a “Business Associate Agreement” and return it to us. While this is a simple and commonplace request, it creates a lot of busy work for the customer and LuxSci! The customer might have to Download the file Print out the 19 pages Sign the agreement Fax […]
We have written extensively in the past about the impact of HIPAA regulations on email services, web hosting, faxing, and Skype use. The recent HIPAA changes reflected in the Omnibus rule have a significant impact on the use of these types of services. Here, we examine the new and important considerations based upon the HIPAA Omnibus Rule.
