In this article, we review the requirements for what makes a HIPAA compliant website and what you need to do to ensure your website is compliant. The recent focus on tracking pixels and analytics codes by enforcement agencies has many healthcare organizations reassessing their website security and compliance. As technology has evolved over the past […]
Performing daily business transactions and communications through electronic technologies is accepted, reliable, and necessary across the nation’s healthcare providers, payers and suppliers. As a result, email has become a standard in the healthcare industry as a way to conduct business activities that commonly include: Interacting with patients Real time authorizations for medical services Transcribing, accessing […]
There is often a great deal of confusion and misinformation about what constitutes ePHI (electronic protected health information) and how to protect it under HIPAA requirements. Even once you understand ePHI and how it applies to you, the next question becomes, where is ePHI permitted? What is secure and what is not? In this post, […]
Our HIPAA compliance checklist was designed to help organizations understand their obligations under the law. The checklist items are not a complete list, just a starting point for your compliance program. HIPAA requires a yearly risk analysis to identify new vulnerabilities. Any business process change or new technology usage introduces new risk into an organization’s […]
When it comes to digital data collection, there is often a lot of uncertainty surrounding HIPAA compliant forms. Do Healthcare Websites Need HIPAA Compliant Forms? We often have customers ask if their website forms need to be HIPAA compliant. The short answer is that securing patient data is always recommended. You never know what types […]
