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Security Compliance
HIPAA - HIPAA calls for strict
protection of patient information and clear
disclosure of a medical provider's privacy
policy. HIPAA regulations require that
patient information sent by electronic means
(email, website forms, online messaging)
must be protected against unauthorized
access.
The Administrative Simplification provisions
of the HIPAA require the Department of
Health and Human Services to establish
national standards for electronic health
care transactions and national identifiers
for providers, health plans, and employers.
It also addresses the security and privacy
of health data. Adopting these standards
will improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of the nation's health care
system by encouraging the widespread use of
electronic data interchange in health care.
Complying with HIPAA is challenging because
this regulation affects so many areas,
including standards for transactions, rules
for data privacy/security, standards for
clinical records and more.
GLB - The “Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act”
includes provisions to protect consumers
personal financial information held by
financial institutions. There are three
principal parts to the privacy requirements:
the Financial Privacy Rule, Safeguards Rule
and strong “pretexting” provisions.
The Financial Privacy Rule governs the
collection and disclosure of customers’
personal financial information by financial
institutions. It also applies to companies,
whether or not they are financial
institutions, who receive such information.
The Safeguards Rule requires all financial
institutions to design, implement and
maintain safeguards to protect customer
information. The Safeguards Rule applies not
only to financial institutions that collect
information from their own customers, but
also to financial institutions – such as
credit reporting agencies – that receive
customer information from other financial
institutions.
IT Dilemma - The ongoing boom of technology
development has brought with it an
astounding number of information systems,
each designed to streamline business and
medical processes through electronic
automation.
With so many new systems being introduced
for managing your practice, patients, supply
chains and business information, medical
professionals are being challenged now with
how to find a cost effective way to
integrate and maintain this increasing
number of information systems across a
rapidly-growing number of different networks
and platforms.
At the same time, medical professionals are
also challenged by the need to provide
increased access to a larger and more
dynamic group of end-users.
The challenge we have of managing these
systems has resulted in a complex Medical IT
dilemma that consists of three main
components:
- CONTROLLING YOUR COST
- INCREASING ACCESS TO INFORMATION
- MAINTAINING SECURITY
The consequence of this globalization
is that IT departments are now being
forced to increase access to information
for both employees and partners and
customers. These pressures are driving
professionals to re-evaluate their
security and information architecture to
accommodate the increasingly dynamic
ways in which a growing number of
parties want to interact.
Axcension understands the importance of
these regulations and clearly defines
how we can help you maintain HIPAA and
GLB compliance through:
- Online and downloadable HIPAA
Privacy Statements
- Secure web communication
- Encrypted patient-physician
email
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