PPV: Keep your staff members' e-mail private and secure
HIM Connection, October 21, 2008
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In an era of instant connectivity, many physicians find that sending PHI and other confidential information via e-mail is easy and efficient. But not all physicians know the risks associated with the simple act of hitting "send."
Many facilities now encrypt e-mail, as they should. But consider the physician who uses personal e-mail to send information from office to home. Yahoo!, Gmail, Hotmail, and other Internet-based e-mail providers make sharing information convenient, but not necessarily safe. Physicians who use these and similar services could be endangering the security of their patients’ information in the process.
Editor’s note: For more information on e-mail privacy and security or to purchase a copy of this article for $10, visit www.hcpro.com/content/218870.cfm. Subscribers to Briefings on HIPAA have access to this article in the October issue.
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