Tag: privacy
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Texting and Emailing in the World of HIPAA
If you experience anxiety every time you consider texting and/or emailing in your health care setting, you are not alone. On one hand, the world that we live in necessitates that information is communicated in a quick and easy manner. The ability to text or email staff and patients has become a high priority for…
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What is a Business Associate Agreement, and Why Should You Care?
Health care providers are primarily concerned with the treatment and wellbeing of their patients. They gather and maintain tremendous amounts of protected health information[1] (PHI) throughout the treatment process and commonly share that PHI with third parties who assist them with carrying out their work. This process of sharing PHI with a third party, non-workforce…
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So, How Do I Comply with HIPAA?
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the 2016 Spring Issue of Alabama Medicine magazine A physician client recently asked me a seemingly simple, straightforward question: “So, how do I comply with HIPAA?” The answer, unfortunately, is not as simple and straightforward as the question. HIPAA (i.e., the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)…