Five Gray Areas of HIPAA You Can’t Ignore
With the U.S. Office for Civil Right’s Phase 2 HIPAA audits now underway, there’s no room for complacency when it comes to HIPAA compliance. A new white paper from Scrypt Inc. highlights five areas of HIPAA compliance that have room for misinterpretation. Scrypt Inc. helps practices protect sensitive information with products like the Arkansas Medical Society’s free member benefit, DocbookMD, a HIPAA-secure messaging application.
Take notice of these five areas of HIPAA compliance.
- HIPAA is not just a health care industry issue.
- When can business associates invoke the conduit rule?
- When is PHI not PHI?
- Addressable HIPAA safeguards are not optional.
- Penalties for noncompliance can be both civil and criminal; intent matters.
Click here for the full white paper.
Are you using DocbookMD yet? Designed by physicians and for physicians using smartphones and tablets, it allows you to send HIPAA-compliant messages bundled with photos of x-rays, EKGs, wounds, and more just as if you were sending a text.
Learn more about DocbookMD and download it free in the Apple App Store or Google Play.
Need help using the DocbookMD app? The user manual and tutorial videos will walk you through everything you need to know from beginning to end.