What exactly does HIPAA say about Email Security?
Friday, August 30th, 2013
Performing daily business transactions through electronic technologies is accepted, reliable, and necessary across the nation’s healthcare sectors. Therefore, electronic communications and email have become a standard in the healthcare industry as a way to conduct business activities that commonly include:
- Interacting with web-savvy patients;
- Real time authorizations for medical services;
- Transcribing, accessing and storing health records;
- Appointment scheduling;
- Referring patients; and
- Submitting claims to health plan payers for payment of the services provided.
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