Texting and Mobile Devices in Healthcare - HIPAA and CMS Requirements for Security of PHI 2019

Topics

• What are the risks of using texting, what can go wrong, and what can result when it does
• Ways that patients want to use texting to communicate with providers, and the ways providers want to use texting to enable better patient care
• Limitations on the use of messages and calls to cell phones under The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991
• How to use an information security management process to evaluate risks and make decisions about how best to protect PHI and meet patient needs and desires
• What policies and procedures you should have in place for dealing with texting, as well as any new technology
• How The Joint Commission decided to allow and then withdraw allowing the use of texting for physician orders
• The steps that must be followed in the event of a breach of PHI
• The training and education that must take place to ensure your staff uses texting properly and does not risk exposure of PHI
• How the HIPAA audit and enforcement activities are now being increased and what you need to do to survive a HIPAA audit

Who should Attend

Attendees with job titles such as:

• CEO
• Compliance Director
• Privacy Officer
• CFO
• Information Systems Manager
• Security Officer
• Chief Information Officer
• HIPAA Officer
• Healthcare Counsel/Lawyer
• Health Information Manager
• Contracts Manager
• Office Manager