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HIPAA Compliant Email FAQs For Providers

Contrary to popular belief, standard email is not secure enough for healthcare information, nor is it the most efficient tool for healthcare communication. Implementing HIPAA compliant email requires significant additional work for your practice and is not worth the investment. Before I tell you why, allow me to provide you with some background. What is… Read On
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Healthcare Messaging Apps – An Overview

There are countless messaging apps available to download right now, but very few are secure enough for medical information. The protected health information (PHI) shared in patient communications requires extra security. As messaging applications become more common, it is crucial to understand the importance of secure conversation with patients through healthcare messaging applications. What to… Read On
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Making texting HIPAA compliant for Health Professionals and Patients

In this day and age it seems like everyone has a smartphone. One of the most popular ways to use our smartphones is to text. According to a Gallup Survey, texting is the most popular way of communicating for Americans under the age of 50. With younger generations continuously using their smartphones for communication with friends and… Read On
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HIPAA Secure Email

The HIPAA history Why is HIPAA secure email even a thing? HIPAA. It comes up in healthcare in literally every other conversation. We all triple check to make sure we didn’t spell it wrong in our outgoing emails. If someone were to notice, we would immediately lose credibility points among peers. On the other side, it’s not… Read On