3 Ways HIPAA is Different in Mental Health
They say HIPAA is HIPAA is HIPAA. But can it work differently for mental health clinicians? Are we different in ways that make HIPAA different for us, too?
5 Strategies to Handle Confidentiality Problems When Potential Clients Contact You by Email
I wrote a guest post! This time it was on the Private Practice Kickstart blog with the ZynnyMe folks, Kelly Higdon and Miranda Palmer. Check it out here: Guest Blog: 5 Strategies to Handle Confidentiality Problems When Potential Clients Contact You by Email
Roy’s Top 10 Mistakes in Marketing Your Practice Online
Getting a website up can be made pretty easy, but it’s also easy to fall into some traps. So here are my top 10 mistakes in marketing your practice online.
Office Hours: Live Group Consultation for the Year of 2015 — Only $60 for the First 50 People
Announcing our newest offering: Office Hours! A frequent, low-cost service to provide near-personal help in understanding tech, ethics and HIPAA.
Are Electronic Records Really More Secure Than Paper Records?
Some claim that electronic records are safer than paper because of encryption. This statement is at once totally right and dangerously wrong.
Electronic Records and the ACA 2014 Code of Ethics: Disclosing Record-Keeping to Clients (3rd in a series)
The 2014 ACA Code of Ethics is taking the lead on asking counselors to disclose to clients when and how they keep e-records. Other professions may follow.
Free Interview With Roy About HIPAA Compliance, Especially For Those Just Starting Practice
The fabulous Joe Sanok gives me nostalgia pangs as he plays the interview we did at the ACA Conference in Honolulu. Good times! Find The Interview Here This is a 43 minute, freely-accessible interview podcast by Joe Sanok at Practice of the Practice. Joe runs a great outfit. Go check out the interview!
Risk Analysis and Risk Management Planning: Can You Do It Yourself?
HIPAA requires every practice do a risk analysis and make a risk management plan. But can you do these things yourself? (Hint: Yes, You Can)
Guest Post: HIPAA Myths Part 2, This Time It’s About Email
I’m busting more myths at Tamara Suttle’s blog. This time, it’s the myth that HIPAA doesn’t let you email your clients.
My Guest Post: HIPAA Compliance Myth Busting – Emails, Texts, & Smart Phones (series) – Part 1
I’m busting myths (not Mythbusting, that would a copyright violation or something) over at Tamara Suttle’s blog!