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New HIPAA Rules for Communicating with Patients by Unencrypted Email and Text Messages Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Duration:
60 Minutes
Time: 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT
Location: Online
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Instructor: Paul R. Hales
Overview: This webinar focuses on HIPAA Rules for transmitting informational email and text messages to patients over an electronic communications network.
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The information that makes a message subject to HIPAA The "safe harbor" - How Health Care Providers may obtain consent from patients to send PHI in unencrypted email and unencrypted text messages and not be responsible for unauthorized access to the PHI in transmission or when received by the patient What a Health Care Provider must do if a patient does not agree to receive PHI in unencrypted email or unencrypted text message The requirements for a Business Associate to be able to communicate by email or text message with a patient on behalf of a Health Care Provider How a Business Associate may protect itself from liability for violating HIPAA Rules about email and text messages in its Business Associate Agreement What a Health Care Provider must do if a patient does not agree to receive PHI in unencrypted emails or text messages How Health Care Providers and Business Associates may prove they are compliant with the HIPAA Rules through documentation The Policies and Procedures Health Care Providers and Business Associates must have in place to comply with HIPAA Rules concerning communication with patients through email and text message
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More and more patients like the convenience of email and text message The HIPAA "safe harbor" - how you can communicate with patients in the way they prefer and protect your organization How Health Care Providers and Business Associates can work together to avoid violating HIPAA Rules about email and text message communications with patients
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About Speaker Paul R. Hales Attorney at Law, St. Louis, Missouri, Paul R. Hales, Attorney at Law, LLC Paul R. Hales J.D, is an attorney at law in St. Louis, Missouri whose practice has included specialization in the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules from the dates they became effective. He provides assistance and counseling on the new, more demanding compliance requirements of the HITECH modifications to HIPAA. Mr. Hales is licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, Federal Appellate and District Courts, the State Courts of Missouri and is a graduate of Columbia University Law School. ... more
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