Syllabus
- How do HIPAA standards and professional ethics relate to phone service and email?
- Ethical standards around transmissions and confidentiality
- HIPAA’s “Transmission Security Standard”
- HIPAA Business Associates
- What are the different kinds of phone service and how do they relate to HIPAA and ethical standards?
- VoIP, or “Internet Phone,” vs. conventional phone service
- Business Associate and phone service
- Softphone apps vs. second line services
- What are the different forms of email and how do they relate to HIPAA and ethical standards?
- The big three: conventional email, TLS-guaranteed email, and escrow email
- How does each form of email increase or reduce confidentiality threats
- Client requests for nonsecure emails
- Business Associates and email services
- How do I locate and evaluate email or phone services that meet my legal-ethical needs?
- Finding and evaluating HIPAA-friendly email services
- Finding and evaluating HIPAA-friendly VoIP services