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Do Law Firms have Data Security Liability?

Friday, July 19th, 2013

As of 2010, 91% of all law firms have 10 or fewer employees; 99.6% have less than 100 employees1.  The smaller the firm, the less likely they are to have a strong IT department and are much more likely to be focused on case load rather than on current changes in the compliance landscape that are now impacting them.  Indeed, one of the largest segments of new law firms are small practices run by folks that have left larger firms … and such folks arguably have less time to spend on such considerations with the amount of legal work per lawyer in the United States becoming increasingly less.

Email and messaging — more and more information is sent digitally.  For the legal profession, this is also increasingly true due to the time saving nature of such communications, the high time cost associated with legal work, and the ever-present push to get things done faster.

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LuxSci Announces: Secure Email Marketing

Friday, May 31st, 2013

WESTWOOD, MA, May 31, 2013 — LuxSci® announces the recent launch of Secure Email Marketing, a unique solution to combined need for email marketing, patient engagement, and patient communication while remaining fully HIPAA compliant.

LuxSci’s existing Secure High Volume mailing service enables sending vast quantities of email for marketing and transactional purposes. This service is quick and easy to use and includes lots of reporting features. However, you still have to use some email program or service for composing your messages, managing your mailing lists, and managing their sending through the Secure High Volume API/SMTP sending service.  We have found that many customers do not have any tools for managing their bulk mailing campaigns and want a simple, powerful web-based system for this purpose.

The LuxSci Secure Email Marketing is just that, an extremely feature rich, web-based, email marketing service that can is plugged directly into LuxSci Secure High Volume, so that all of these messages are sent securely.

“Email marketing is a commodity — there are literally hundreds of companies that will happily help you send your marketing messages and track the success of your campaigns.   LuxSci’s Secure Marketing service is the only one to do all of that, but in the context of HIPAA compliance and ease of use.  This is a game changer for health care.” says Erik Kangas, CEO of LuxSci.

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Ensuring all data is encrypted at rest with LuxSci

Friday, May 10th, 2013

Email and other data are either being “transmitted” or “processed” or are “at rest.” I.e., it is moving from one computer to another, stored/at rest on a computer, or preparing to be transmitted or stored.

While most types of compliance regulation, such as HIPAA, specifically require that data be transmitted securely, not all regulations require that data be stored in an encrypted form while at rest. I.e., HIPAA does not require at-rest encryption, though it is recommended to decrease risk and potential liability in some situations.

Having your email and other data encrypted while at rest can potentially increase the security of that data, even if that level of security is not explicitly required. As a result, many LuxSci customers have asked how to ensure that all of their email and other data are encrypted while at rest.

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How the HIPAA Omnibus Rule Affects Email, Web, FAX, and Skype

Monday, May 6th, 2013

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.

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HIPAA Compliant Calendars, Contacts and Reminders – Tasks for your iPhone and Android

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

While use of mobile devices and tablets in medical situations is pervasive; HIPAA compliant synchronization and storage of such information is often seriously lacking.  Everyone knows email can contain ePHI, but calendar appointments, address books, and task lists can and do contain just as much ePHI and their secure use must be strictly enforced.

LuxSci’s WebAide collaboration tools, combined with MobileSync for real-time synchronization with mobile phone and tablets (and Outlook 2013), provide a simple and effective HIPAA compliant solution for synchronized mobile accessible calendars, contacts and reminders or tasks (oh ya, and email).

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