Overview

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) that provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information. The HIPAA stipulates requirements for managing electronic health care records and transactions. It chiefly concerns the privacy and security of Protected Health Information (PHI).

Features:

• Encrypted security controls ensure patient confidentiality and meet federal, state and HIPAA compliance requirements.
• Controlled access and usage rights for administrator-defined groups, individual users or a custom set of strict user and usage criteria.
• Trails auditing and reporting functionality provides a chronological record of system resource usage including user login and file access.
• Utilizes standard code sets, identifiers and security when submitting medical claims electronically via the HIPAA-compliant ANSI ASC X12N standard format.
  • HIPAA-compliant 128-bit encrypted remote-access security controls
  • HIPAA ANSI ASC X12N-standard electronic claims and forms submission using standard code sets, identifiers and security
  • Tracking, recording and reporting of logins/users, workstations, dates, times and accessed
  • Fault-tolerant authentication and access control

Process:

• Development of privacy policies.
• Appointment of privacy and security officers.
• Conducting regular risk assessments.
• Adoption of email policies.
• Adoption of mobile device policies.
• Training for employee.
• Notice of Privacy Practices.
• Entering into valid agreements.
• Adoption of potential breach protocols.
• Implementation of privacy policies.

Benefits:

• Covered entities prevent data breaches and restricts the damage caused when they do occur
• Ensures that in the event of an emergency, healthcare services can still be provided
• Makes sure healthcare data cannot be lost or accidentally deleted
• Improves efficiency
• Improves access to healthcare information
• Streamlines the provision of medical services
• Allows organizations to qualify for Meaningful Use financial incentives
• Improves patient confidence and trust