We received this questions via Ask Erik from the head of a Dental Practice (who wished to remain anonymous): “I want to create a Refer-a-Friend program, for a dental practice, that will be managed by a third party marketing agency. The third party needs only my patient names and address to do an on-going e-mail […]
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.
Customer feedback is extremely important to LuxSci and we have listened once again. Customers faced with the need for HIPAA-compliant email now have the option to decide on a per-message basis which messages need encryption (e.g. contain Protected Health Information – PHI) and which do not. Routine non-PHI-laden correspondence no longer needs to be encrypted and users […]
It is very common for the staff of small and medium sized healthcare organizations to store patient data on USB Flash Drives (a.k.a. Jump Drives or Thumb Drives). This is universally a bad idea and guarantees non-compliance with HIPAA. Below, I will discuss why and suggest some alternatives to accomplish the same ends. While this article […]
Surprise! HIPAA has changed, gotten bigger, and grown teeth. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, or The Obama Stimulus Bill), signed into law in February 2009, includes new, more comprehensive provisions for HIPAA. These provisions are in a section of the bill known as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act […]
