Add HIPAA Compliancy to your website. You need it!

24. July 2016 EMR, HIPAA 0
  iMARSMED has created a set of tools that can make your website HIPAA compliant. It is actually a very simple process. You do not need to purchase and install enterprise security software, an SSL certificate, firewall, encryption, or the boogeyman to scare off the offenders. Let us show you how. Simply create an account ...

Do you need to have a Business Associate Agreement?

10. July 2016 HIPAA 0
Get a Business Associate Agreement In either case you need to get a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) or a contract signed. The HHS.gov has this to say about it. “A covered entity is a provider such as a doctor, clinic, psychologist, dentist, chiropractor, nursing home, pharmacies …but only if they transmit any information in an ...

The 2016 Phase 2 HIPAA Audit Program

19. June 2016 HIPAA 0
“The Office for Civil Rights, under HHS, is ready to begin the next wave of HIPAA compliance audits on covered entities. Find out what they should expect and how to prepare.” For details, please visit: http://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/compliance-enforcement/audit/index.html Data privacy and security is a key requirement for every healthcare professional. HIPAA requires all physicians to train their ...

Is your practice HIPAA compliant?

Supporting and implementing HIPAA compliancy is a key requirement for every healthcare professional. HIPAA requires all covered entities such as small practices to train their staff in patient privacy issues and establish policies for handling protected electronic patient information. Small physician groups that might have assumed they were exempt from government data-security regulations received a ...

Private Messaging

12. May 2016 EMR, HIPAA 0
iMars Systems offers a simple and easy-to-use messaging system optimized for maximum security and privacy, as mandated for healthcare. Email in general is not secure. There is no reliable way to know that the person receiving the email is the intended recipient. Now you can create an account for free and bring world class HIPAA compliant ...

How HIPAA security guidelines affects your website

12. May 2016 EMR, HIPAA 0
5 Steps to Make your Web Site HIPAA Secure While HIPAA permits patient records to be transmitted over the Internet, doctors and healthcare facilities should insist on a service that offers file encryption, authentication and password protection. Although HIPAA does not require online data storage services to have encryption, it does require that patient information ...

FileSharing for healthcare

23. March 2016 EMR, HIPAA 0
Free web email services like Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Hotmail are not secure, and no electronic Protected Health Information should be sent through these systems. Messaging and file sharing by iMarsMed, helps by streamlining your communication, while enabling you to be compliant for healthcare. Now you can create an account for free and bring world class ...