HIPAA is the name given to the 1996 Portability Act
provisions governing the dissemination of electronic health
care information. The practices advocated represent only good
sound management principles that should be in place even in
the absence of electronic communication systems.
The relevant sections pertaining to
our application can be broken down into the following:
| Administrative Issues: |
Confidentiality:
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Technical Security: |
Auditable Records: |
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Much of Hippa is about full disclosure
and proper notifications to the patient.
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Your policies regarding
confidentiality and security
must be known to the patient.
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The technical parameters around security
have been worked out but not finalized. We tell you how we
stack up.
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A patient has a right
to know who saw or modified the clinical information. This
is how we deal with this.
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We will address HIPAA only as it pertains to PKImedmail.com
and its relationship to your medical Practice. This is not meant
to be an exhaustive treatment of your office requirements under
HIPAA. We would like to refer you to several web sites that offer
a more exhaustive treatment of this topic for your further review..
http://www.hipaadvisory.com/
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/
http://www.aha.org/hipaa/hipaa_home.asp
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