How Do You Document Emails and Text Messages Received From Clients?
All communications with a client are legally part of their medical record, but do we document every single email or text? How do we document them?
Clients Have the Right to Receive Unencrypted Emails (and Texts) Under HIPAA
A major upside of the 2013 HIPAA Omnibus Rule was the clarification that clients can request to receive unencrypted emails if first informed of the risks.
New HIPAA Rules Are Here. Yay!
I know most of us need new HIPAA/HITECH rules like we need bird flu, but they’re here. And they have a lot to say about us doing risk assessments.
Email and HIPAA Compliant Practice: Is It Possible?
Clinicians need to make sure our email communications are protected. But “protected” doesn’t always mean what you think it means.
Is Gmail Encrypted?
Gmail uses encryption, but not in the ways you may think. Find out how the giant of consumer email helps — and doesn’t help — us as clinicians.