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 […]
You buy a HIPAA compliant web hosting infrastructure. You configure your web site to send out email messages in the simplest way, e.g. through PHP mail, or some other generic and standard mechanism. You think you are all set — but you are not. HIPAA compliant web hosting services provide a server infrastructure that allows […]
We are frequently asked who supports TLS to secure inbound email delivery. This is especially important for customers who need to be HIPAA-compliant, as email transport encryption over TLS is sufficient for HIPAA-compliant communications to end-users, so long as the TLS is configured to be sufficiently strong. While it is possible to tell who supports […]
Twice in the past few weeks I have received appointment reminders or scheduling information from doctors via email — via insecure, non-HIPAA-compliant email. An email message contains identifying information: my email address and my name. The appointment email messages also contain information about “the past, present, or future provisioning of health care to an individual” […]
New LuxSci dedicated cloud servers start at $100/mo. This allows many more customers to take advantage of dedicated solutions, even a HIPAA-compliant one, without a big price tag. See also Understanding Cloud Servers. LuxSci has for a long time offered both dedicated physical servers, as well as dedicated virtual private servers located in our private cloud. Now […]
