Category: HIPAA Email Compliance

What Are Your Goals for Sending HIPAA-Compliant Emails?

October 7, 2020

…and how Do They Influence Which Provider You Choose? So, you’ve heard that you need to send HIPAA-compliant emails. Maybe your company is only just starting to send ePHI in its messages. Perhaps it just wants to be extra careful, and limit the potential repercussions if ePHI is accidentally sent in an email. It could […]

Is Constant Contact HIPAA-Compliant?

January 6, 2020

In a perfect world, using Constant Contact would make it easy for your business to perfect its email marketing strategy, while still staying within the narrow lanes of HIPAA regulations. Back on earth, it may be possible to use the software and remain HIPAA-compliant, but things aren’t so straightforward. Constant Contact is renowned for its […]

What Level of SSL or TLS is Required for HIPAA Email Compliance?

January 2, 2020

To meet HIPAA email compliant requirements for secure email transmission, the level of SSL/TLS (Secure Sockets Layer / Transport Layer Security) used must ensure the confidentiality and integrity of Protected Health Information (PHI) in transit. What Does HIPAA Says about TLS and SSL HIPAA doesn’t specify exact SSL/TLS versions, but industry standards — including NIST (National […]

Email Data Breaches Are the Most Common Incident Location According to OCR Data

November 4, 2019

Email data breaches were the most common incident location listed in breach notification data from the Office of Civil Rights, a subbranch of the Department of Health and Human Services. From the first of June, 2019 until the time of writing, 178 different breaches had been reported to the authorities. Of these breaches, 69 involved […]

Using Email for Online Faxing? It Must Be HIPAA-Compliant

September 30, 2019

Many businesses use email and more recent forms of communication wherever they can, but there are still a number of use cases where organizations rely on the humble fax machine. These include legal discovery, sending medical records and a range of situations where a paper trail is important. In certain circumstances, faxing can be an […]