The latest updates to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) call for health care providers to adopt secure communication practices to protect Patient Identifiable Data. While not specific as to which technologies should be used, HIPAA does require physicians and health care providers to examine their use of email and online communication and take appropriate measures to ensure that private information is not compromised.
DatAchieve Digital can provide your practice with affordable and easy to use FormsAssurity web form encryption from ArticSoft. FormsAssurity utilizes PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) to encrypt both web-based email and web inquiry forms on the user’s desktop level, before any information is ever sent over the Internet or stored on a server.
HIPAA Resources We recommend the following resources for learning about HIPAA regulations as they relate to your web and email communication:
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