Simple Compliance Steps for Email and Texting to Save Providers from Serious, Widespread HIPAA Violations 2018

Topics

• What makes an email or text message subject to HIPAA law
• A clear explanation of the simple 3 Step HIPAA Safe Harbor that protects Covered Entities and Business Associates acting on their behalf from liability related to Patient Engagement by unencrypted email and text messaging
• How a 2015 Federal Communications Commission Order about health care text messages added to confusion and what it really means - the 3 Step HIPAA Safe Harbor is the only text message Safe Harbor for Covered Entities and Business Associates
• A clear explanation of how HIPAA defines PHI - it`s not just information about, for example, a diagnosis, disease, surgery or prescribed treatment
• The interconnected liability of Covered Entities and Business Associates that provide unencrypted electronic patient engagement services like appointment reminders - and both can protect themselves

Who should Attend

• C-Suite Executives
• Hospital Trustees
• HIPAA Privacy Officer
• HIPAA Compliance Official
• Health Information Technology Supervisor
• HIPAA Security Officer
• Risk Manager
• Practice Manager
• Optometrist
• Dentist
• Physical Therapist
• Chiropractor
• Podiatrist