Monthly Archives: April 2010
Apptix launches Secure Mail for email protection
Apptix is the leading provider of hosted Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, and business VoIP services for businesses worldwide. The company has now announced the launch of Apptix Secure Mail which will provide email encryption and decryption at the desktop for secure end-to-end transmission. It will protect messages while in transit over the Internet, and at … Continue reading
The role of HIPAA when you join a medical research team
Clinical trials and medical studies are fundamental to the advancement of medicine and if you join a research team, you may be asked to sign certain important forms. One of these may be an authorization form which will authorize the research team to use or share your personal health information with others for the research … Continue reading
A webinar on HIPAA and HITECH compliance
A webinar under privacy expert Rebecca Herold will be held on Wednesday, April 27th, which will focus on the real solutions to the 4 key areas that your business needs to focus on for HIPAA HITECH compliance. These areas include assessment of your risks and vulnerabilities, development of policies and procedures, encrypting ePHI for client … Continue reading
GHG choses INetU as the hosting provider for its healthcare software program
Gorman Health Group (GHG) has a innovative health plan enrollment and payment reconciliation software called Valencia and the Group has chosen INetU as the dedicated managed hosting provider for this healthcare software platform. Valencia is a unique software in the sense that it ties workflow and reporting controls directly to the discrepancy engine, giving plans … Continue reading
Looking for HIPAA compliant medical billing services for group practices?
Those in healthcare industry can submit medical bills and insurance claims promptly and accurately by availing the services of HIPAA complaint medical billing services for group practices. These services considerably minimize the managerial tasks of medical practitioners, saving time and effort and thus enhance productivity and profitability. These companies understand the medical billing needs of … Continue reading
How to ensure HIPAA compliance with international outsourcing of healthcare services?
HIPAA covers all protected healthcare information and it continues to apply to any health information whether the content is being printed, discussed orally, or changes in form. Thus, for all healthcare organizations, it is not only vital to protect the electronic maintenance and transmission of this data, but also protect any paper versions or oral … Continue reading
Is HIPAA causing an obstacle to flow of medical information in sports?
In spite of the fact that Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patients’ health information, there has been little reflection on the fact that it has deterred the situation in sports medicine because it has unintentionally created an obstacle to the free exchange of health … Continue reading
Features of HIPAA Online Certificate
HIPAA Online Certificate is a unique self-contained image file that allows your organization to maximize all the control over accessing all the information about its certification efforts By requesting a certificate of conformance an organization is agreeing to the following terms: * The file being validated is a real data file that has been generated … Continue reading
HHS reports a significant number of PHI breaches by HIPAA covered entities
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) states that post the coming into effect of the new federal breach notification requirement in September 2009, large breaches of patients’ health information have been reported by more than 30 HIPAA covered entities. The breach notification requirement, enacted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of … Continue reading