tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 31

PRIVACY: Sending PHI Via Email? Find out How to Make Sure It Stays Safe

Look at alternatives to encryption when you deem them necessary. An email that contains a patient's protected health information (PHI) can be completely harmless -- unless it falls into the wrong hands. But fortunately, there are a few ways that you can head off potential email security breaches. Although many practices have started encrypting their emails, you aren't specifically required to do so yet. As you read in the Insider last week, the Aug. 24 Federal Register indicates that "a covered entity may be in compliance with the [HIPAA] Security Rule even if it reasonably decides not to encrypt...

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