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HIPAA:

Beware Risks Of Using Private Email Accounts

Published on Fri Jul 25, 2014

Does a staffer sending herself patient info to a Gmail account equal a HIPAA breach? It’s a common scenario: Providers have a secure system for encrypting all outgoing emails from their internal email systems, but managers, clinicians or other staffers are sending protected health information from the internal email to their home email on Gmail, Hotmail, etc. Does that put [...]
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