https://twx.atlantacounseling.com/blog/can-counselors-use-email-communicate-clients-hipaa-2013-rules/ Client-Centric Counseling and Life Coaching Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:42:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.5 https://twx.atlantacounseling.com/blog/can-counselors-use-email-communicate-clients-hipaa-2013-rules/#comment-30389 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:23:24 +0000 https://twx.atlantacounseling.com/?p=7428#comment-30389 Just remember that Covered Entities and Business Associates should be focusing on the true merits of HIPAA compliance, and that’s putting in place documented HIPAA information security and operational policies, procedures, and processes. I’ve worked with so many healthcare providers that lack the basic and fundamental documentation for HIPAA compliance, therefore it’s easy to see why non-compliance issues are still a major factor with HIPAA. I also hear healthcare companies express cost concerns about developing such documents, along with implementing risk assessment and security training initiatives, but with all the free and cost-effective tools available (some of them straight from hhs.gov!), there’s really no excuse for not being HIPAA compliant. Everyone needs to be ensuring the safety and security of PHI, it’s really that simple.

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